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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר אבימלך אל אברהם מה ראית כי עשית את הדבר הזה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr Abymlk Al Abrhm mh rAyt ky `SHyt At hdbr hzh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
rursusque expostulans ait quid vidisti ut hoc faceres

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What saw you, that you have done this thing?
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What was your thinking, that you have done this thing?
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Authorized (King James) Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
New King James Version   
Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”
21st Century King James Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, “What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?”

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Darby Bible Translation   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”
God's Word   
Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What were you thinking when you did this?"
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Abimelech also said to Abraham, "What did you intend when you did this thing?"
International Standard Version   
Abimelech also asked Abraham, "What could you have been thinking when you did this?"
NET Bible   
Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?"
New American Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?"
New International Version   
And Abimelek asked Abraham, "What was your reason for doing this?"
New Living Translation   
Whatever possessed you to do such a thing?"
Webster's Bible Translation   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
The World English Bible   
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"
EasyEnglish Bible   
Abimelech asked Abraham, ‘What caused you to do this?’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'
New Life Version   
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What made you do such a thing?”
The Voice Bible   
Abimelech (to Abraham): What have you done to us? What were you thinking? What have I ever done to deserve your bringing such great shame and guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done to another human being.
Living Bible   
Then the king called for Abraham. “What is this you’ve done to us?” he demanded. “What have I done that deserves treatment like this, to make me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? Who would suspect that you would do a thing like this to me? Whatever made you think of this vile deed?”
New Catholic Bible   
Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What were you afraid of that you acted this way?”
Legacy Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you seen, that you have done this thing?”
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What didst thou see that thou hast done this thing?
Christian Standard Bible   
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What made you do this?”
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see [in us] that [justified] you in doing such a thing as this?
New Century Version   
What were you thinking that caused you to do this?”
The Message   
Abimelech went on to Abraham, “Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Abimelek said to Abraham, “What did you see in us that made you do this?”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”
Good News Translation®   
Why did you do it?”
Wycliffe Bible   
And again Abimelech asked, and said, What thing sawest thou, that thou wouldest do this? (And again Abimelech asked Abraham, Why did thou do this?)
Contemporary English Version   
What were you thinking when you did this?
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And Abim′elech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking, that you did this thing?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?’
Common English Bible © 2011   
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking when you did this thing?”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered or seen [in us or our customs], that you have done this [unjust] thing?”
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
What did you have in mind,” Abimelech asked him, “that you would do such a thing?”
New American Standard Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?”
The Expanded Bible   
What ·were you thinking [possessed you] that caused you to do this?”
Tree of Life Version   
Abimelech also said to Abraham, “What motivated you to do this thing?”
Revised Standard Version   
And Abim′elech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”
New International Reader's Version   
Abimelek also asked Abraham, “Why did you do this?”
BRG Bible   
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Complete Jewish Bible   
Avimelekh went on, asking Avraham, “Whatever could have caused you to do such a thing?”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And Avimelech said unto Avraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
Names of God Bible   
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What were you thinking when you did this?”
Modern English Version   
Then Abimelek said to Abraham, “What were you thinking of, that you did this thing?”
Easy-to-Read Version   
What were you afraid of? Why did you do this to me?”
International Children’s Bible   
What were you thinking that caused you to do this?”
Lexham English Bible   
And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking that you did this thing?”
New International Version - UK   
And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’