Compared Translations of the meaning of the Quran - 12:20
Yusuf - Joseph
Verse: 12 : 20

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Yusuf (Joseph) 12:20

12:20 وشروه بثمن بخس دراهم معدودة وكانوا فيه من الزاهدين


TransliterationWasharawhu bithamanin bakhsin darahima maAAdoodatin wakanoo feehi mina alzzahideena
LiteralAnd they bought him with a reduced/unjust price, counted/numbered silver coins , and they were in him from the indifferent/uninterested .

Yusuf AliThe (Brethren) sold him for a miserable price, for a few dirhams counted out: in such low estimation did they hold him!
PickthalAnd they sold him for a low price, a number of silver coins; and they attached no value to him.
Arberry Then they sold him for a paltry price, a handful of counted dirhams; for they set small store by him.
ShakirAnd they sold him for a small price, a few pieces of silver, and they showed no desire for him.
SarwarIn selling him they asked for a very small price and even then no one wanted to buy him.
KhalifaThey sold him for a cheap price - a few dirhams - for they did not have any need for him.
Hilali/KhanAnd they sold him for a low price, - for a few Dirhams (i.e. for a few silver coins). And they were of those who regarded him insignificant.
H/K/SaheehAnd they sold him for a reduced price a few dirhams and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
MalikThey (brought him to Egypt and) sold him for a petty price, a few dirhams (silver coins), they had such a low estimation of him.[20]
QXPThey sold him in the market for a low price, a few silver coins. His value they knew not.
Maulana AliAnd they sold him for a small price, a few pieces of silver, and they showed no desire for him.
Free MindsAnd they sold him for a low price, a few silver coins, and they regarded him as insignificant.
Qaribullah Then, they sold him for a trifling price, a number of dirhams, because they considered him to be of little value.

George SaleAnd they sold him for a mean price, for a few pence, and valued him lightly.
JM RodwellAnd they sold him for a paltry price-for some dirhems counted down, and at no high rate did they value him.

AsadAnd they sold him for a paltry price - a mere few silver coins: thus low did they value him.


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