Genesis 37:18 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 37:18-20 MSG (The Message)

They spotted him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot to kill him. The brothers were saying, “Here comes that dreamer. Let’s kill him and throw him into one of these old cisterns; we can say that a vicious animal ate him up. We’ll see what his dreams amount to.”

Genesis 37:18 KJV (King James Version)

And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Genesis 37:18 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Genesis 37:18 NCV (New Century Version)

Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. Before he reached them, they made a plan to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 ASV (American Standard Version)

And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

Genesis 37:18 NIV (New International Version)

But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 NKJV (New King James Version)

Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 AMP (Amplified Bible)

And when they saw him from a distance, even before he came close to them, they plotted to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 NLT (New Living Translation)

When Joseph’s brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 TPT (The Passion Translation)

As he was still a long distance away, the brothers recognized him by his robe, and by the time he reached them, they had plotted together to kill him.

Genesis 37:18 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.