They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
Parallel translations
- KJV And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
- BSB “Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
- NKJV Then they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming!
- NASB They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer!
- NLT “Here comes the dreamer!” they said.
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Cross-references · 4
- Gen 28:12He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Gen 37:5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
- Gen 49:23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
- Gen 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
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