Verse Comparison: Genesis 44:34
American Standard Version
For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Amplified® Bible
For how can I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?--lest I witness the woe {and} the evil that will come upon my father.
Contemporary English Version
How can I face my father if Benjamin isn't with me? I couldn't bear to see my father in such sorrow.
Darby English Version
for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.
Good News Bible
How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I cannot bear to see this disaster come upon my father."
King James Version
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
New American Standard Bible
"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me--for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?"
New International Version
How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come upon my father."
New King James Version
For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad does not come with me--for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?"
Revised Standard Version
For how can I go back to my father if the lad is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come upon my father."
Young's Literal Translation
for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
