Genesis 44:34 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
Darby English Bible (DBY)
for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father.
World English Bible (WEB)
For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me? Lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
| For | כִּי | kî | kee |
| how | אֵיךְ֙ | ʾêk | ake |
| shall I go up | אֶֽעֱלֶ֣ה | ʾeʿĕle | eh-ay-LEH |
| to | אֶל | ʾel | el |
| father, my | אָבִ֔י | ʾābî | ah-VEE |
| and the lad | וְהַנַּ֖עַר | wĕhannaʿar | veh-ha-NA-ar |
| be not | אֵינֶנּ֣וּ | ʾênennû | ay-NEH-noo |
| with | אִתִּ֑י | ʾittî | ee-TEE |
| me? lest peradventure | פֶּ֚ן | pen | pen |
| I see | אֶרְאֶ֣ה | ʾerʾe | er-EH |
| the evil | בָרָ֔ע | bārāʿ | va-RA |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| shall come on | יִמְצָ֖א | yimṣāʾ | yeem-TSA |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| my father. | אָבִֽי׃ | ʾābî | ah-VEE |