Genesis 41:4,20-21

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Genesis 41:1-4 The Message (MSG)

Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile River. Seven cows came up out of the Nile, all shimmering with health, and grazed on the marsh grass. Then seven other cows, all skin and bones, came up out of the river after them and stood by them on the bank of the Nile. The skinny cows ate the seven healthy cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 41:17-21-17-21 The Message (MSG)

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile. Seven cows, shimmering with health, came up out of the river and grazed on the marsh grass. On their heels seven more cows, all skin and bones, came up. I’ve never seen uglier cows anywhere in Egypt. Then the seven skinny, ugly cows ate up the first seven healthy cows. But you couldn’t tell by looking—after eating them up they were just as skinny and ugly as before. Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:4 King James Version (KJV)

And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 King James Version (KJV)

and the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Genesis 41:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke.

Genesis 41:4 New Century Version (NCV)

The seven thin and ugly cows ate the seven beautiful fat cows. Then the king woke up.

Genesis 41:20-21 New Century Version (NCV)

And these thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows, but after they had eaten the seven cows, no one could tell they had eaten them. They looked just as thin and ugly as they did in the beginning. Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:4 American Standard Version (ASV)

And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 American Standard Version (ASV)

and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Genesis 41:4 New International Version (NIV)

And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 41:20-21 New International Version (NIV)

The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:4 New King James Version (NKJV)

And the ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven fine looking and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 New King James Version (NKJV)

And the gaunt and ugly cows ate up the first seven, the fat cows. When they had eaten them up, no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were just as ugly as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Genesis 41:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Then the ugly and gaunt and raw-boned cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 Amplified Bible (AMP)

And the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had eaten them, because they were still as thin and emaciated as before. Then I awoke [but again I fell asleep and dreamed].

Genesis 41:4 New Living Translation (NLT)

Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up.

Genesis 41:20-21 New Living Translation (NLT)

These thin, scrawny cows ate the seven fat cows. But afterward you wouldn’t have known it, for they were still as thin and scrawny as before! Then I woke up.

Genesis 41:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)

The seven ugly, thin cows ate up the seven healthy, fat cows. After Pharaoh’s dream he awoke

Genesis 41:20-21 The Passion Translation (TPT)

The seven ugly, scrawny cows ate up the healthy, fat cows, but after consuming them, no one could tell that they had eaten them, for they looked just as bad as before. I awoke with a start

Genesis 41:4 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

And the ugly, thin cows ate up the seven attractive, plump cows. And Pharaoh awoke.

Genesis 41:20-21 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

And the thin, ugly cows ate up the first seven plump cows, but when they had eaten them no one would have known that they had eaten them, for they were still as ugly as at the beginning. Then I awoke.