Genesis 40:19

Genesis 40:19 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and impale your body on a pole. And the birds will eat away your flesh.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

19within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a wooden post, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

19within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you.”

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

19within three more days Pharaoh will 40:19 Notice the totally different usage of the words “lift up your head.” In v 13, it is used idiomatically as “present you in public,” but in v 19, it is used literally, “lift your head up off of your body.”lift up your head and will hang you on a tree (gallows, pole), and [you will not so much as be given a burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh.”

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

19Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree.40:19 Or and impale you on a pole; similarly in verse 22 Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

19In three days Pharaoh will cut your head off. Then he will stick a pole through your body and set the pole up. The birds will eat your flesh.”

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