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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמרו אליו--למה ידבר אדני כדברים האלה חלילה לעבדיך מעשות כדבר הזה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmrv Alyv--lmh ydbr Adny kdbrym hAlh KHlylh l`bdyk m`SHvt kdbr hzh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui responderunt quare sic loquitur dominus noster ut servi tui tantum flagitii commiserint

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And they said to him, Why said my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing:
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And they said unto him, Why says my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing:
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Authorized (King James) Version   
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
New King James Version   
And they said to him, “Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.
21st Century King James Version   
And they said unto him, “Why saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing!

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
Darby Bible Translation   
And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
God's Word   
They answered him, "Sir, how can you say such things? We would never think of doing anything like that!
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
They said to him, "Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
International Standard Version   
"Your Excellency," they replied, "Why do you speak like this? Far be it from your servants to act like this.
NET Bible   
They answered him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
New American Standard Bible   
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
New International Version   
But they said to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!
New Living Translation   
"What are you talking about?" the brothers responded. "We are your servants and would never do such a thing!
Webster's Bible Translation   
And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:
The World English Bible   
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
EasyEnglish Bible   
But the brothers said to him, ‘Sir, why do you say these things? We are your servants. We would not do anything like that!
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
New Life Version   
And they said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants would never do such a thing.
The Voice Bible   
Joseph’s Brothers: Why would my lord accuse us of something like this? We, your servants, would never do such a thing!
Living Bible   
“What in the world are you talking about?” they demanded. “What kind of people do you think we are, that you accuse us of such a terrible thing as that?
New Catholic Bible   
They told him, “Why is my lord saying these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
Legacy Standard Bible   
And they said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And they said unto him, Why saith my lord these words? In no wise should thy slaves do according to this thing.
Christian Standard Bible   
They said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
They said to him, Why does my lord say these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
New Century Version   
But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!
The Message   
They said, “What is my master talking about? We would never do anything like that! Why, the money we found in our bags earlier, we brought back all the way from Canaan—do you think we’d turn right around and steal it back from your master? If that chalice is found on any of us, he’ll die; and the rest of us will be your master’s slaves.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
They replied to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Your servants would never do such a thing!
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
Good News Translation®   
They answered him, “What do you mean, sir, by talking like this? We swear that we have done no such thing.
Wycliffe Bible   
the which answered, Why speaketh our lord so, (saying) that thy servants have done so great a trespass?
Contemporary English Version   
But they replied, “Sir, why do you say such things? We would never do anything like that!
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
They said to him, ‘Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
Common English Bible © 2011   
They replied, “Why does my master talk to us like this? Your servants would never do such a thing.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
English Standard Version Anglicised   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
they said to him: “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
New American Standard Bible   
And they said to him, “Why does my lord say such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
The Expanded Bible   
But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do ·you [my master/lord] say these things? ·We would not [L Far be it from your servants to] do anything like that!
Tree of Life Version   
They said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing as this.
Revised Standard Version   
They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
New International Reader's Version   
But they said to him, “Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!
BRG Bible   
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Complete Jewish Bible   
They replied, “Why does my lord speak this way? Heaven forbid that we should do such a thing!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
They said to him, ‘Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith adoni these words? Chalilah (far be it) that thy avadim should do according to this thing;
Names of God Bible   
They answered him, “Sir, how can you say such things? We would never think of doing anything like that!
Modern English Version   
They said to him, “Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing.
Easy-to-Read Version   
But the brothers said to the servant, “Why does the governor say these things? We wouldn’t do anything like that!
International Children’s Bible   
But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!
Lexham English Bible   
And they said to him, “Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
New International Version - UK   
But they said to him, ‘Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!