Genesis 42:23

NETBible

(Now 1  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, 2  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) 3 

NIV ©

They did not realise that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

NASB ©

They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

NLT ©

Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them as he was standing there, for he had been speaking to them through an interpreter.

MSG ©

Joseph had been using an interpreter, so they didn't know that Joseph was understanding every word.

BBE ©

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

NRSV ©

They did not know that Joseph understood them, since he spoke with them through an interpreter.

NKJV ©

But they did not know that Joseph understood them , for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

KJV
And they knew
<03045> (8804)
not that Joseph
<03130>
understood
<08085> (8802)
[them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter
<03887> (8688)_.
{he spake...: Heb. an interpreter was between them}
NASB ©
They did not know
<3045>
, however, that Joseph
<3130>
understood
<8085>
, for there was an interpreter
<3917>
between
<996>
them.
LXXM
autoi
<846> 
D-NPM
de
<1161> 
PRT
ouk
<3364> 
ADV
hdeisan {V-YAI-3P} oti
<3754> 
CONJ
akouei
<191> 
V-PAI-3S
iwshf
<2501> 
N-PRI
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
gar
<1063> 
PRT
ermhneuthv {N-NSM} ana
<303> 
PREP
meson
<3319> 
A-ASM
autwn
<846> 
D-GPM
hn
<1510> 
V-IAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
(Now they
<01992>
did not
<03808>
know
<03045>
that
<03588>
Joseph
<03130>
could understand
<08085>
them, for
<03588>
he was speaking
<03887>
through
<0996>
an interpreter
<03887>
.)
HEBREW
Mtnyb
<0996>
Uylmh
<03887>
yk
<03588>
Powy
<03130>
ems
<08085>
yk
<03588>
wedy
<03045>
al
<03808>
Mhw (42:23)
<01992>
NETBible

(Now 1  they did not know that Joseph could understand them, 2  for he was speaking through an interpreter.) 3 

NET Notes

1 tn The disjunctive clause provides supplemental information that is important to the story.

2 tn “was listening.” The brothers were not aware that Joseph could understand them as they spoke the preceding words in their native language.

3 tn Heb “for [there was] an interpreter between them.” On the meaning of the word here translated “interpreter” see HALOT 590 s.v. מֵלִיץ and M. A. Canney, “The Hebrew melis (Prov IX 12; Gen XLII 2-3),” AJSL 40 (1923/24): 135-37.