Judah said to his brothers,“ What will we gain by killing our brother? We’d have to cover up the crime.

犹大对众弟兄说：“我们杀我们的兄弟，藏了他的血有什么益处呢？

犹大对他的兄弟们说：“我们杀我们的弟弟，遮掩他的血有什么好处呢？

犹大对他的兄弟们说：“我们杀我们的弟弟，遮掩他的血有什么好处呢？

犹大对他的众弟兄说：“我们杀死弟弟、掩盖罪行有什么益处呢？

犹大对他的众兄弟说：“我们杀了我们的兄弟，把他的血隐藏起来，究竟有什么益处呢？

犹大对他的兄弟们说：“如果我们杀了自己的兄弟，掩盖他的血，有什么好处呢？

猶大對眾弟兄說：「我們殺我們的兄弟，藏了他的血有甚麼益處呢？

猶大對他的兄弟們說：「我們殺我們的弟弟，遮掩他的血有甚麼好處呢？

猶大對他的兄弟們說：「我們殺我們的弟弟，遮掩他的血有甚麼好處呢？

猶大對他的眾弟兄說：「我們殺死弟弟、掩蓋罪行有什麼益處呢？

猶大對他的眾兄弟說：“我們殺了我們的兄弟，把他的血隱藏起來，究竟有甚麼益處呢？

猶大對弟兄們說：『我們殺了我們的兄弟，把他的血掩蓋了，有甚麼益處呢？

猶大對他的兄弟們說：「如果我們殺了自己的兄弟，掩蓋他的血，有什麼好處呢？

猶大謂兄弟曰、殺弟而匿其血、何益之有、

猶大謂諸兄曰、殺弟而匿其血、何益之有、此乃我手足之親、毋戕其生。

猶大謂兄弟曰、殺弟而匿其血、何益之有、

Judah said to his brothers,“ What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Judah said to his brothers,“ What will we gain if we kill our brother and try to cover up what we’ve done?

Then Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

Judah said to his brothers,“ What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

And Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?

So Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?

Then Judah said to his brothers,“ What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit[ is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Then Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Judah said to his brothers,“ What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?

“ Come on, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father,‘ A wild animal has eaten him.’ Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams!”

But the Lord said,“ What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!

“ O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.

“ You have condemned yourself,” David said,“ for you yourself confessed that you killed the Lord’s anointed one.”

For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. It isn’t even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it!

“ Look, I’m dying of starvation!” said Esau.“ What good is my birthright to me now?”

“ Suppose a case arises in a local court that is too hard for you to decide— for instance, whether someone is guilty of murder or only of manslaughter, or a difficult lawsuit, or a case involving different kinds of assault. Take such legal cases to the place the Lord your God will choose,

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.

“ What will you gain if I die, if I sink into the grave? Can my dust praise you? Can it tell of your faithfulness?

The other ten had talked Ishmael into letting them go by promising to bring him their stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey that they had hidden away.