Genesis 40:7
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?
Genesis 40:7 in other translations
| BSB | 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?” |
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| WEB | He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?” |
| ASV | And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day? |
| YLT | and he asketh Pharaoh's eunuchs who are with him in charge in the house of his lord, saying, ‘Wherefore are your faces sad to-day?' |
| DARBY | And he asked Pharaoh's chamberlains that were with him in custody in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces so sad to-day? |
| BBE | And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad? |
| Webster | And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day? |
What does Genesis 40:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 40:5-8
5-8. they dreamed a dream--Joseph, influenced by the spirit of true religion, could feel for others (Ec 4:1; Ro 12:15; Php 2:4). Observing them one day extremely depressed, he inquired the cause of their melancholy; and being informed it was owing to a dream they had respectively dreamed during the previous night, after piously directing them to God (Da 2:30; Is 26:10), he volunteered to aid them, through the divine…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 40:1-19
It was not so much the prison that made the butler and baker sad, as their dreams. God has more ways than one to sadden the spirits. Joseph had compassion towards them. Let us be concerned for the sadness of our brethren's countenances. It is often a relief to those that are in trouble to be noticed. Also learn to look into the causes of our own sorrow. Is there a good reason? Is there not comfort sufficient to…
Genesis 40:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 40:7
- Nehemiah 2:2
Wherefore 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,
- 1 Samuel 1:8
Then 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?
- 2 Samuel 13:4
And 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.
- Judges 18:24
And 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?
- Luke 24:17
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
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Context
- Genesis 40:6
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
- Genesis 40:7
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?
- Genesis 40:8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
Genesis 40:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y él preguntó á aquellos eunucos de Faraón, que estaban con él en la prisión de la casa de su señor, diciendo: ¿Por qué parecen hoy mal vuestros semblantes? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il interrogea les officiers du Pharaon qui étaient avec lui sous garde dans la maison de son seigneur, disant: Pourquoi avez-vous mauvais visage aujourd’hui? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er fragte die Kämmerer des Pharao, die mit ihm im Hause seines Herrn in Gewahrsam waren, und sprach: Warum sind eure Angesichter heute so trübe? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | sciscitatus est eos, dicens: Cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra? |