KJV King James Version
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 50:20
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
WEB World English Bible
As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.
ASV American Standard Version
And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As for you, ye devised against me evil—God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;
Surrounding context — Genesis 50
17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third [generation]: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאַתֶּ֕םH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥םH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designעָלַ֖יH5921 · aluponרָעָ֑הH7451 · rabad: harmfulאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodחֲשָׁבָ֣הּH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designלְטֹבָ֔הH2896 · tovpleasantלְמַ֗עַןH4616 · ma.anbecauseעֲשֹׂ֛הH6213 · a.sahto make: doכַּיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּ֖הH2088 · zehthisלְהַחֲיֹ֥תH2421 · cha.yahto liveעַם־H5971 · ampeopleרָֽב׃H7227 · ravmany
Cross-references
Romans 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.Psalm 119:71[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.Genesis 45:5-8Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.Genesis 37:18-20And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.Acts 2:23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:Psalm 105:16-17Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.Acts 3:13-15The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let [him] go.Genesis 37:4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.Psalm 56:5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.Isaiah 10:7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.Psalm 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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