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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
וימלאו לו ארבעים יום כי כן ימלאו ימי החנטים ויבכו אתו מצרים שבעים יום
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vymlAv lv Arb`ym yvm ky kn ymlAv ymy hKHntym vybkv Atv mTSrym SHb`ym yvm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quibus iussa explentibus transierunt quadraginta dies iste quippe mos erat cadaverum conditorum flevitque eum Aegyptus septuaginta diebus

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
New King James Version   
Forty days were required for him, for such are the days required for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
21st Century King James Version   
And forty days were fulfilled for him (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed), and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him three-score and ten days.
Darby Bible Translation   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And while they were fulfilling his commands, there passed forty days: for this was the manner with bodies that were embalmed, and Egypt mounted for him seventy days.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
God's Word   
The embalming was completed in the usual time-40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
International Standard Version   
It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.
NET Bible   
They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
New American Standard Bible   
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
New International Version   
taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
New Living Translation   
The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; (for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed:) and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
The World English Bible   
Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The servants took care of the body for 40 days, which is the usual time. The Egyptians wept for 70 days because of Jacob's death.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and they fulfil for him forty days, for so they fulfil the days of the embalmed, and the Egyptians weep for him seventy days.
New Life Version   
Forty days were needed for this. For this is how much time it took for making the body ready to be buried. And the Egyptians cried for him seventy days.
The Voice Bible   
It took 40 days to embalm him because that’s how long it takes to embalm a body properly. And the Egyptians paid their respects by mourning and weeping for him for 70 days.
Living Bible   
The embalming process required forty days, with a period of national mourning of seventy days.
New Catholic Bible   
This took forty days, the time it takes to embalm. The Egyptians mourned for him for seventy days.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Then the forty days to do this were fulfilled, because in this manner the days of embalming are fulfilled. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Christian Standard Bible   
They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Then forty days were devoted [to this purpose] for him, for that is the customary number of days required for those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians wept and bemoaned him [as they would for royalty] for seventy days.
New Century Version   
It took the doctors forty days to prepare his body (the usual time it took). And the Egyptians had a time of sorrow for Jacob that lasted seventy days.
The Message   
Joseph then instructed the physicians in his employ to embalm his father. The physicians embalmed Israel. The embalming took forty days, the period required for embalming. There was public mourning by the Egyptians for seventy days.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Forty days were set aside for him, for that is how many days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians mourned for him for seventy days.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
Good News Translation®   
It took forty days, the normal time for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Wycliffe Bible   
While they fulfilled his behests, forty days passed, for this was the custom of dead bodies (that were) anointed; and Egypt bewept him (for) seventy days.
Contemporary English Version   
and it took the usual 40 days. The Egyptians mourned 70 days for Jacob.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
they spent forty days doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Common English Bible © 2011   
They mourned for him forty days because that is the period required for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Now forty days were required for this, for that is the customary number of days [of preparation] required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept and grieved for him [in public mourning as they would for royalty] for seventy days.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Forty days were required for it, for that is how many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
they spent forty days at it, for that is the full period of embalming; and the Egyptians mourned him for seventy days.
New American Standard Bible   
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
The Expanded Bible   
It took the doctors forty days to ·prepare his body [embalm him] (the usual time it took). And the Egyptians ·had a time of sorrow for Jacob that lasted [L wept over him for] seventy days.
Tree of Life Version   
They took 40 days for him, because that is how long embalming takes, and Egypt wept 70 days.
Revised Standard Version   
forty days were required for it, for so many are required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
New International Reader's Version   
They took 40 days to do it. They needed that much time to prepare a body in the right way. The Egyptians mourned for Jacob 70 days.
BRG Bible   
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Forty days were spent at this, the normal amount of time for embalming. Then the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
they spent forty days in doing this, for that is the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And arba’im yom were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed; and the Mitzra’im mourned for him shivim yom (seventy days).
Names of God Bible   
The embalming was completed in the usual time—40 days. The Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
Modern English Version   
Forty days were required for him, for such is the time required for those who are embalmed. Then the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.
Easy-to-Read Version   
When the Egyptians prepared the body in this special way, they waited 40 days before they buried the body. Then the Egyptians had a special time of sadness for Jacob. This time was 70 days.
International Children’s Bible   
It took the doctors 40 days to prepare his body. This was the usual time it took. And the Egyptians had a time of sorrow for Jacob. It lasted 70 days.
Lexham English Bible   
Forty days were required for it, for thus are the days required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
New International Version - UK   
taking a full forty days, for that was the time required for embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.