Genesis 50:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

ASV Byzantine Text

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.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nangcae mah kai hum hanah na poek o; toe vai hniah kaom hmuen baktih toengah Sithaw mah loe pop parai kaminawk hinghaih to pahlong hanah kho a khan.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Nangmih loh kai taengah boethae la nan taeng uh cakhaw Pathen loh tahae khohnin kah bangla pilnam muep hing sak ham te a then la a moeh coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Nangmih loh kai taengah boethae la nan taeng uh cakhaw Pathen loh tahae khohnin kah bangla pilnam muep hing sak ham te a then la a moeh coeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

I manao no oukou e hana ino mai ia'u, a hoololi mai ke Akua ia mea, i mea maikai, e hana mai ai e like me ia i neia la, e hoola i na kanaka he nui loa.

English 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Nou te moute konplo pou fè m' mal. Men Bondye fè sa tounen yon byen, pou l' te fè sak rive jòdi a rive, pou l' te ka sove lavi tout kantite moun sa yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Vos cogitastis de me malum: sed Deus vertit illud in bonum, ut exaltaret me, sicut in præsentiarum cernitis, et salvos faceret multos populos.

Bible in Basic English

As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Vous, vous aviez pensé du mal contre moi : Dieu l’a pensé en bien, pour faire comme il en est aujourd’hui, afin de conserver la vie à un grand peuple.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Vy zajisté skládali jste proti mně zlé; ale Bůh obrátil to v dobré, aby učinil to, což vidíte nyní, a při životu zachoval lid mnohý.

Kosraean Bible

Kowos tuh orek pwapa koluk lainyu, tusruktu God El furokla nu ke sie ouiya wo, ma in molela moul lun mwet puspis su moul misenge ke sripen ma su tuh sikyak.

World Portuguese Bible

Quanto a vocês, vocês planejaram o mal contra mim, mas Deus o planejou para o bem, para conservar muitas pessoas vivas, como está acontecendo hoje.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cât despre voi, aţi gândit facere de rău împotriva mea; dar Dumnezeu a plănuit-o pentru bine, ca să facă să se întâmple, aşa cum este în această zi, pentru a salva mult popor viu.

Brenton English Septuagint

Ye took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is to-day, and much people might be fed.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အစ်​ကို​တို့​သည်​ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​မ​ကောင်း​ကြံ​ခဲ့ ကြ​ပါ​သော်​လည်း​ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင်​က ကျွန်ုပ် တို့​ယ​နေ့​တွေ့​မြင်​ရ​သည့်​အ​တိုင်း​လူ​များ အ​သက်​ချမ်း​သာ​စေ​ရန်​ထို​မ​ကောင်း​မှု​မှ အ​ကျိုး​တ​ရား​ကို​ဖော်​ခဲ့​တော်​မူ​ပြီ။-

Darby Translation

Ye indeed meant evil against me: God meant it for good, in order that he might do as [it is] this day, to save a great people alive.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Ihr zwar, ihr hattet Böses wider mich im Sinne; Gott aber hatte im Sinne, es gut zu machen, auf daß er täte, wie es an diesem Tage ist, um ein großes Volk am Leben zu erhalten.

Dutch Bible 1917

Gijlieden wel, gij hebt kwaad tegen mij gedacht; doch God heeft dat ten goede gedacht; opdat Hij deed, gelijk het te dezen dage is, om een groot volk in het leven te behouden.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Gij hebt mij kwaad willen doen, maar God heeft het ten goede gekeerd, om een talrijk volk in het leven te behouden, zoals nu is geschied.

Italian Diodati Bible

Voi certo avevate pensato del male contro a me; ma Iddio ha pensato di convertir quel male in bene, per far ciò che oggi appare, per conservare in vita una gran gente .

Douay-Rheims 1899

You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.

Geneva Bible 1599

When ye thought euill against mee, God disposed it to good, that he might bring to passe, as it is this day, and saue much people aliue.

Danish Bible 1931

I tænkte ondt mod mig, men Gud tænkte at vende det til det gode for at gøre, hvad nu er sket, og holde mange Folk i Live;

Leeser Tanakh

But as for you, though ye thought evil against me, God meant it unto good; in order to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save alive a numerous people.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Các anh toan hại tôi, nhưng Đức Chúa Trời lại toan làm điều ích cho tôi, hầu cho cứu sự sống cho nhiều người, y như đã xảy đến ngày nay, và giữ gìn sự sống của dân sự đông đảo.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Ka ko kimoutolu, naʻa mou mahalo kovi kiate au, ka naʻe puleʻi ia ʻe he ʻOtua ke lelei, koeʻuhi ke fakahoko ʻaia ʻoku fai he ʻaho ni, ke fakahaofi ʻae moʻui ʻae kakai tokolahi.

French Ostervald Bible

Vous aviez pensé à me faire du mal; mais Dieu l'a pensé en bien, pour faire ce qui arrive aujourd'hui, pour conserver la vie à un peuple nombreux.

Esperanto Bible

Vi intencis fari al mi malbonon; sed Dio aranĝis de tio bonon, por fari tiel, kiel nun estas, por konservi la vivon de multe da homoj.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Vous aviez médité de me faire du mal: Dieu l’a changé en bien, pour accomplir ce qui arrive aujourd’hui, pour sauver la vie à un peuple nombreux.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ihr gedachtet's böse mit mir zu machen; aber Gott gedachte es gut zu machen, daß er täte, wie es jetzt am Tage ist, zu erhalten viel Volks.

LXX2012 U. S. English

You⌃ took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is today, and much people might be fed.

British English Septuagint 2012

You⌃ took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is today, and much people might be fed.

Majority 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.

Webster Bible

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

You plotted mischief against me, but God intended it for good, in order to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of the lives of many people.

Open English Bible (US)

You plotted mischief against me, but God intended it for good, in order to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of the lives of many people.

Revised 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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Voi avevate pensato del male contro a me; ma Dio ha pensato di convertirlo in bene, per compiere quello che oggi avviene: per conservare in vita un popolo numeroso.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Quant à vous, vous aviez projeté de me faire du mal, mais Dieu l'a voulu pour le bien, pour garder en vie un grand nombre de personnes, comme il le fait aujourd'hui.

Reina Valera 1909

Vosotros pensasteis mal sobre mí, mas Dios lo encaminó á bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida á mucho pueblo.

Spanish BLL

Es verdad que ustedes pensaron hacerme mal, pero Dios lo cambió en bien para que se cumpliera lo que hoy estamos viendo: salvar la vida de mucha gente.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Vosotros pensasteis mal contra mí, mas Dios lo encaminó a bien, para hacer lo que vemos hoy, para mantener en vida a mucho pueblo.

Croatian Bible

Osim toga, iako ste vi namjeravali da meni naudite, Bog je bio ono okrenuo na dobro: da učini što se danas zbiva - da spasi život velikom narodu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Vi ste mislili zlo po me, ali je Bog mislio dobro, da učini šta se danas zbiva, da se sačuva u životu mnogi narod.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

When you thought evil against me, before the Lord it was intended for good, to be done, as at this day, for the preservation of much people.

German Textbibel

Ihr freilich sannet Böses wider mich; Gott aber hat es zum Guten gewendet, um auszuführen, was jetzt vorliegt - viele Menschen am Leben zu erhalten!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Ye took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that the matter might be as it is today, and much people might be fed.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְאַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י רָעָ֑ה אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣הּ לְטֹבָ֔ה לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם־רָֽב׃

World English Bible

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World English Bible (Catholic)

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World English Bible British Edition

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World English Bible Classic

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World English Bible Updated

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World Messianic Bible

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

Wycliffe Bible portions

Ye thouyten yuel of me, and God turnede it in to good, that he schulde enhaunse me, as ye seen in present tyme, and that he schulde make saaf many puplis;

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;

SEPTUAGINTA

ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά, ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον καὶ τραφῇ λαὸς πολύς.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατʼ ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρὰ, ὁ δὲ Θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθὰ, ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον, καὶ τραφῇ λαὸς πολύς.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Вой, негрешит, в-аць гындит сэ-мь фачець рэу, дар Думнезеу а скимбат рэул ын бине, ка сэ ымплиняскэ чея че се веде азь, ши ануме сэ скапе вяца унуй попор ын маре нумэр.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Хоч ви змовлялись проти мене, та Бог те обернув на добре, щоб так було, як тепер, і вирятувалось много людей у голоднечу.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Хоч ви змовлялись проти мене, та Бог те обернув на добре, щоб так було, як тепер, і вирятувалось много людей у голоднечу.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Ви сте мислили зло по ме, али је Бог мислио добро, да учини шта се данас збива, да се сачува у животу многи народ.

Russian Synodal Bible

вот, вы умышляли против меня зло; но Бог обратил это в добро, чтобы сделать то, что теперь есть: сохранить жизнь великому числу людей;

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וְאַתֶּ֕ם חֲשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם עָלַ֖י רָעָ֑ה אֱלֹהִים֙ חֲשָׁבָ֣הּ לְטֹבָ֔ה לְמַ֗עַן עֲשֹׂ֛ה כַּיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּ֖ה לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת עַם־רָֽב׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

ואתם חשבתם עלי רעה אלהים חשבה לטבה למען עשה כיום הזה להחית עם רב׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

أَنْتُمْ قَصَدْتُمْ لِي شَرًّا، أَمَّا ٱللهُ فَقَصَدَ بِهِ خَيْرًا، لِكَيْ يَفْعَلَ كَمَا ٱلْيَوْمَ، لِيُحْيِيَ شَعْبًا كَثِيرًا.

Old Persion Version Bible

شما درباره من بد اندیشیدید، لیکن خدا از آن قصد نیکی کرد، تا کاری کند که قوم کثیری را احیا نماید، چنانکه امروز شده است.

Judson Burmese Bible

သင် တို့သည် ကျွန်ုပ် ကို ညှဉ်းဆဲ မည်ကြံ ကြသော်လည်း ၊ ဘုရားသခင် သည် ယနေ့ ဖြစ်သည်အတိုင်း ၊ လူ များ အသက် ချမ်းသာစေခြင်းငှါ ကျေးဇူး ပြု မည် ကြံ တော်မူ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

당신들은 나를 해하려 하였으나 하나님은 그것을 선으로 바꾸사 오늘과 같이 만민의 생명을 구원하게 하시려 하셨나니

Japanese Freedom Bible

あなたがたは私に悪を企んだ。だが神は、それを善のために計らわれた。今日のように、多くの民の命を救うためであった。

World Chinese Bible

至于你们，你们的意思是要害我，但上帝的意思是要成就美善，为要保全许多人的性命，正如今日所成就的。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

从前你们的意思是要害我，但 神的意思原是好的，要保全许多人的性命，成就今日的光景。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

從前你們的意思是要害我，但上帝的意思原是好的，要保全許多人的性命，成就今日的光景。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Vós pensastes mal sobre mim, mas Deus o encaminhou para o bem, para fazer o que vemos hoje, para manter em vida muito povo.

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Mashi Bible

Mwâli mulonzize okunjirira amabî, Nyamuzinda yêhe alonza okurhenzamwo aminjà, mpu lyo oku kwamayisha ene kubà mpu anafungire omûka gw’olubaga lurhali lunyi.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Ihr gedachtet zwar Böses wider mich; aber Gott gedachte es gut zu machen, daß er täte, wie es jetzt am Tage ist, um viel Volk am Leben zu erhalten.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

En cuanto a ti, estaba en tu mente hacerme mal, pero Dios ha dado un resultado feliz, la salvación de un número de personas, como ves hoy.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Aunque ustedes pensaron mal contra mí, ʼElohim lo encaminó para bien al producir el presente resultado para preservar viva a mucha gente.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

But as for you, ye intended ra'ah against me; but Elohim intended it for tovah, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save Am Rav (much people) alive.

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