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

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?

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 will we gain by killing our brother? We’d have to cover up the crime.

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. Let’s kill him. Let’s throw him into one of these empty wells. Let’s say that a wild animal ate him up. Then we’ll see whether his dreams will come true.”

The Lord said,“ What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

“ Earth, please don’t cover up my blood! May God always hear my cry for help!

That’s because David had said to him,“ Anything that happens to you will be your own fault. What your own mouth has spoken is a witness against you. You said,‘ I killed the Lord’ s anointed king.’ ”

“ The blood Jerusalem’s people spilled is inside its walls. They poured it out on a bare rock. They did not pour it on the ground. If they had, dust would have covered it up.

“ Look, I’m dying of hunger,” Esau said.“ What good are those rights to me?”

People will bring their cases to your courts. But some cases will be too hard for you to judge. They might be about murders, attacks or other crimes. Then take those hard cases to the place the Lord your God will choose.

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!

I said,“ What good will come if I become silent in death? What good will come if I go down into the grave? Can the dust of my dead body praise you? Can it tell how faithful you are?

But ten of the men had spoken to Ishmael. They had said,“ Don’t kill us! We have some wheat and barley. We also have olive oil and honey. We’ve hidden all of it in a field.” So he didn’t kill them along with the others.