Genesis 42:31 - Compare All Versions
Genesis 42:31 NIV (New International Version)
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
Genesis 42:31 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
Genesis 42:31 NLT (New Living Translation)
But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
Genesis 42:31 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
But we told him, ‘We are honest and not spies.
Genesis 42:31 KJV (King James Version)
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies
Genesis 42:31 NKJV (New King James Version)
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
Genesis 42:29-32 MSG (The Message)
When they got back to their father Jacob, back in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that had happened, saying, “The man who runs the country spoke to us roughly and accused us of being spies. We told him, ‘We are honest men and in no way spies. There were twelve of us brothers, sons of one father; one is gone and the youngest is with our father in Canaan.’
Genesis 42:31 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
Genesis 42:31 AMP (Amplified Bible)
But we told him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
Genesis 42:31 NET (New English Translation)
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies!