Genesis 40:19

What does Genesis 40:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 40:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

yet, within three days doth Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hath hanged thee on a tree, and the birds have eaten thy flesh from off thee.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

After which Pharao will take thy head from thee, and hang thee on a cross, and the birds shall tear thy flesh.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

In yet three days will Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and hang thee on a tree; and the birds will eat thy flesh from off thee.

Context

v.18And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;

v.19This passage

v.20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 21:10

    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven; and she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

  • Genesis 41:13

    And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

  • Deuteronomy 21:22

    And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

  • 1 Samuel 17:46

    This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

  • Genesis 40:22

    but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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