Genesis 40:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.”
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BSBPD
“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and the chief of the butlers hath not remembered Joseph, but forgetteth him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 40:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 6:3The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
- Job 19:14My kinsmen have failed me, and my friends have forgotten me.
- Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
- Psalms 105:19until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.
- Ecclesiastes 9:15Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
- Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
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