Genesis 40:8

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and [there is] no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not interpretations [belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

And they said {H559} unto him, We have dreamed {H2492} a dream {H2472}, and there is no interpreter {H6622} of it. And Joseph {H3130} said {H559} unto them, Do not interpretations {H6623} belong to God {H430}? tell me {H5608} them, I pray you.

They said to him, "We each had a dream, and there's no one around who can interpret it."Yosef said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please."

“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 2:47 (6 votes)

    The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth [it is], that your God [is] a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

  • Genesis 41:15 (6 votes)

    And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and [there is] none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, [that] thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

  • Genesis 41:16 (6 votes)

    And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

  • Daniel 2:28 (5 votes)

    But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;

  • 1 Corinthians 12:10 (3 votes)

    To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

  • 1 Corinthians 12:11 (3 votes)

    But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

  • Amos 3:7 (3 votes)

    Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.