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Genesis 21:26
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KJ21
And Abimelech said, “I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it until today.”
ASV
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day.
AMP
Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this thing. Indeed, you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.”
AMPC
Abimelech said, I know not who did this thing; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today.
BRG
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
CSB
Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this thing. You didn’t report anything to me, so I hadn’t heard about it until today.”
CSBA
Abimelech replied, ‘I don’t know who did this thing. You didn’t report anything to me, so I hadn’t heard about it until today.’
CEB
Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this, and you didn’t tell me. I didn’t even hear about it until today.”
CJB
Avimelekh answered, “I don’t know who has done this. You didn’t tell me, and I heard about it only today.”
CEV
“This is the first I've heard about it,” Abimelech replied. “Why haven't you said something before? I don't have any idea who did it.”
DARBY
And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this, neither hast thou told me [of it], neither have I heard [of it] but to-day.
DRA
And Abimelech answered: I knew not who did this thing: and thou didst not tell me, and I heard not of it till to day.
ERV
But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this. You never told me about this before today!”
EASY
Abimelech said, ‘I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me before. I did not hear about it until today.’
EHV
Abimelek said, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I did not hear about it until today.”
ESV
Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
ESVUK
Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
EXB
But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this. You never told me [L and I have not heard] about this before today.”
GNV
And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing: also thou toldest me not, neither heard I of it but this day.
GW
Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear about it until today.”
GNT
Abimelech said, “I don't know who did this. You didn't tell me about it, and this is the first I have heard of it.”
HCSB
Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this thing. You didn’t report anything to me, so I hadn’t heard about it until today.”
ICB
But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this. You never told me about this before today.”
ISV
“I don’t know who did this thing,” Abimelech replied. “You didn’t report this to me, and I didn’t hear about it until today.”
JUB
And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither have I heard of it, but today.
KJV
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
AKJV
And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
LSB
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”
LEB
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this thing, neither did you tell me, nor have I heard of it except for today.”
TLB
“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” the king exclaimed, “and I have no idea who is responsible. Why didn’t you tell me before?”
MSG
At the same time, Abraham confronted Abimelech over the matter of a well of water that Abimelech’s servants had taken. Abimelech said, “I have no idea who did this; you never told me about it; this is the first I’ve heard of it.”
MEV
And Abimelek said, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
NOG
Abimelech replied, “I don’t know who did this. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear about it until today.”
NABRE
“I have no idea who did that,” Abimelech replied. “In fact, you never told me about it, nor did I ever hear of it until now.”
NASB
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”
NASB1995
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today.”
NCB
Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this thing. You never told me about this and I did not hear about it until today.”
NCV
But Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this. You never told me about this before today.”
NET
“I do not know who has done this thing,” Abimelech replied. “Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today.”
NIRV
But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You didn’t tell me. And today is the first time I heard about it.”
NIV
But Abimelek said, “I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.”
NIVUK
But Abimelek said, ‘I don’t know who has done this. You did not tell me, and I heard about it only today.’
NKJV
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”
NLV
Abimelech said, “I do not know who did this. You never told me. And I did not hear about it until today.”
NLT
“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Abimelech answered. “I have no idea who is responsible. You have never complained about this before.”
NRSVA
Abimelech said, ‘I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.’
NRSVACE
Abimelech said, ‘I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.’
NRSVCE
Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
NRSVUE
Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
OJB
And Avimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but today.
RGT
And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing. Also, you didn’t tell me, nor had I heard of it, until today.
RSV
Abim′elech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
RSVCE
Abim′elech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, and I have not heard of it until today.”
TLV
So Abimelech said, “I don’t know who did this thing. Nor did you tell me, nor did I hear about it until today.”
VOICE
Abimelech: I don’t know who has done this. You didn’t tell me before; this is the first I have heard about it.
WEB
Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t hear of it until today.”
WYC
And Abimelech answered, I wist not who did this thing, but also thou showedest not to me, and I heard not (of it) except today. (And Abimelech answered, I do not know who did this thing, and thou hast not told me about it, and I have not heard about it until today.)
YLT
and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.'
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