Genesis 40:7
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And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
In other translations
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”
Hebrew words
וַיִּשְׁאַלvaiyish'aland he askedH7592אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853סְרִיסֵיserisei[the] officials ofH5631פַרְעֹהfar'ohPharaohH6547אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834אִתּוֹ'ito[were] with himH854בְמִשְׁמַרvemishmarin [the] custody ofH4929בֵּיתbeit[the] house ofH1004אֲדֹנָיו'adonavmaster<s> hisH113לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559מַדּוּעַmadua'why?H4069פְּנֵיכֶםpeneikhem[are] faces yourH6440רָעִיםra'imsadH7451הַיּוֹם׃haiyomthis dayH3117
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Related verses
- Nehemiah 2:2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
- 1 Samuel 1:8Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
- Luke 24:17And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
- 2 Samuel 13:4And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.so he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
- Judges 18:24And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”
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People and places
People: Pharaoh (Genesis 37)