Other translations
American Standard Version
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Darby Bible Translation
And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And when they saw him afar off, be- fore he came nigh them, they thought to kill him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
God's Word
They saw him from a distance. Before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.
International Standard Version
Now as soon as they saw him approaching from a distance, before he arrived they plotted together to kill him.
NET Bible
Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
New American Standard Bible
When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
New International Version
But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
New Living Translation
When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him.
The World English Bible
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
EasyEnglish Bible
But his brothers recognized Joseph, while he was still far away. Before he had arrived where they were, they decided on a way to kill him.
Young‘s Literal Translation
And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.
New Life Version
When they saw him far away, before he came near them, they made plans to kill him.
The Voice Bible
They saw him coming even though he was still a long way off. Before he was near enough to hear them, they conspired to kill him.
Living Bible
But when they saw him coming, recognizing him in the distance, they decided to kill him!
New Catholic Bible
They saw him from a distance, and, before he could draw close to them, they plotted to put him to death.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they saw him from a distance, and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
Jubilee Bible 2000
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Christian Standard Bible
They saw him in the distance, and before he had reached them, they plotted to kill him.
Amplified Bible © 1954
And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
New Century Version
Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. Before he reached them, they made a plan to kill him.
The Message
They spotted him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot to kill him. The brothers were saying, “Here comes that dreamer. Let’s kill him and throw him into one of these old cisterns; we can say that a vicious animal ate him up. We’ll see what his dreams amount to.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They saw him in the distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
Good News Translation®
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against him and decided to kill him.
Wycliffe Bible
And when they had seen him afar (off), before he nighed to them, they thought to slay him (they decided to kill him),
Contemporary English Version
But before he got there, they saw him coming and made plans to kill him.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them they conspired to kill him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
Common English Bible © 2011
They saw Joseph in the distance before he got close to them, and they plotted to kill him.
Amplified Bible © 2015
And when they saw him from a distance, even before he came close to them, they plotted to kill him.
English Standard Version Anglicised
They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
New American Standard Bible
When they saw him from a distance, and before he came closer to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.
The Expanded Bible
Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. Before he reached them, they ·made a plan [conspired] to kill him.
Tree of Life Version
Now they saw him from a distance. Before he was close to them they plotted together against him in order to kill him.
Revised Standard Version
They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him.
New International Reader's Version
But they saw him a long way off. Before he reached them, they made plans to kill him.
BRG Bible
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Complete Jewish Bible
They spotted him in the distance, and before he had arrived where they were, they had already plotted to kill him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They saw him from a distance, and before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And when they saw him merachok (afar off, in the distance), even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Names of God Bible
They saw him from a distance. Before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.
Modern English Version
When they saw him some distance away, before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. They decided to make a plan to kill him.
International Children’s Bible
Joseph’s brothers saw him coming from far away. Before he reached them, they made a plan to kill him.
Lexham English Bible
And they saw him from a distance. And before he drew near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.
New International Version - UK
But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.