
Comparative Study
12:47
1 Joseph replied, “You will plant ˹grain˺ for seven consecutive years, leaving in the ear whatever you will harvest, except for the little you will eat. Dr. Mustafa Khattab
2 [Joseph] replied: "You shall sow for seven years as usual; but let all [the grain] that you harvest remain [untouched] in its ear, excepting only a little, whereof you may eat: Muhammad Asad
3 He said, “You will farm for seven consecutive years. But whatever you harvest, leave it in its spikes, except for the little that you eat.” Talal Itani
4 Joseph said: "You will cultivate consecutively for seven years. Leave in the ears all that you have harvested except the little out of which you may eat. Maududi
5 [(Yusuf (Joseph)] said: For seven consecutive years, you shall sow as usual and that (the harvest) which you reap you shall leave in ears, (all) - except a little of it which you may eat. Muhsin Khan
6 then I can return to the people to inform them.’ Joseph said, ‘You will sow for seven consecutive years as usual. Store all that you reap, left in the ear, apart from the little you eat. Muhammad Abdel Haleem
7 He said: You will sow for seven years in like previous manner and of what you reaped, then, forsake ears of wheat, but a little of it that you may eat. Dr.Leila Bakhtiar
8 He said: Ye shall sow seven years as usual, but that which ye reap, leave it in the ear, all save a little which ye eat. Marmaduke Pickthall
9 [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat. Sahih Int.
10 (Joseph) said: "For seven years shall ye diligently sow as is your wont: and the harvests that ye reap, ye shall leave them in the ear,- except a little, of which ye shall eat. Yusuf Ali
11 he said, "you will sow (for) seven years, as usual, and that which you reap so leave it in its ears except a little from you (will) eat. Word by Word