[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
They said: "What shall be the punishment, if you are not truthful?"
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
(The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye are (proved) to have lied?"
Wahiduddin Khan
The Egyptians asked them, And if we find that you are lying, what penalty shall we mete out to you
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
The accusers said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"
The Wise Quran
They said, 'And what shall be its recompense if you are liars?'
The Study Quran
They said, “And what will be the recompense for it if you be liars?
Talal Itani (2012)
They said, 'What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?'
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
They were further asked, “What should be his penalty if you are proven to be lying?”
T.B.Irving
They said: "What will the penalty be for it if you are liars?"
Syed Vickar Ahamed
(The Egyptians) said: "Then what will be the penalty for this, if you are (shown) to have lied?"
Sher Ali
They said, `What then shall be the punishment for it, if you are found to be liars?
Shakir
They said: But what shall be the requital of this, if you are liars
Shabbir Ahmed
The callers asked, "What shall be the penalty for it if you prove liars?"
Samy Mahdy
They said, “What shall be his penalty, if you are liars.?”
Safi Kaskas
[The Egyptians] said, "What will be the penalty for this [deed] if you are [proved to be] liars?"
Rashad Khalifa
They said, "What is the punishment for the thief, if you are liars?"
N J Dawood 2014
They said: ‘What punishment shall be his, if you prove to be lying?‘
Mustaqim
They said: and what is the punishment if you are lying?
Mustafa Khattab 2018
Joseph’s men asked, “What should be the price for theft, if you are lying?”
Musharraf Hussain
They said, “What is the penalty, if you are lying?”
MunirMezyed2023
(The Egyptians) said: ‘What then will be the penalty of him, if you are ( proved to be) liars?’
Munir Mezyed
(The Egyptians) said: "What then will be the penalty of him, if you are liars?”
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
They said, .What is the punishment, if you are liars?
Muhammad Sarwar
The Egyptians said, "What do you suggest should be the punishment for the thief, if it is proved that you are lying?"
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
They said, "Then what shall be the recompense of this, in case you are liars."
Muhammad Asad
[The Egyptians] said: "But what shall be the requital of this [deed] if you are [proved to be] liars?"
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
They said: "So what (is) his reward if you were lying/denying ?"
Mohammad Shafi
The men asked, "But what should be the punishment for this, if you happen to be lying?"
Mir Aneesuddin
They said, “Then what should be the penalty for it if you are liars?”
Maulana Muhammad Ali
They said: But what is the penalty for this, if you are liars
Maududi
The officials said: "If you are lying, what will be the penalty for him who has stolen?"
Linda "iLham" Barto
(The soldiers) said, “What should be your punishment if you are shown to be liars?”
John Medows Rodwell
"What," said the Egyptians, "shall be the recompense of him who hath stolen it, if ye be found liars?"
Irving/Hegab
They said: "What will the penalty be for it if you are liars?"
Hilali - Khan
They (Yoosufs (Joseph) men) said: "What then shall be the penalty of him, if you are (proved to be) liars."
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
They said: 'What shall be the recompense, if you prove to be lying?
Hamid S. Aziz
They said, "And what shall be the penalty thereof if you prove to be liars?"
George Sale
The Egyptians said, what shall be the reward of him, who shall appear to have stolen the cup, if ye be found liars
Fode Drame
And they [Joseph’s servants] said. “What then would be the requital for it if you were proved to be liars.”
Faridul Haque
They said, "And what shall be the punishment for it, if you are liars?"
Edward Henry Palmer
They said, 'And what shall be the recompense thereof if ye be liars?
Dr. Munir Munshey
He said, "So what should be the punishment of the thief, if you are lying?"
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
They (the servants) said: ‘(Decide for yourselves) what the punishment (of the thief) should be if you turn out to be liars.
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
They said: What, then, will be the recompense for him if you had been ones who lie?
Dr. Kamal Omar
They (Yusuf’s men) said: “So what should be the punishment for that (theft) if you are (proved to be) liars?”
Corpus.Quran
They said Then what (will be the) recompense (of) it if you are liars
Bilal Muhammad 2018
They said, “What then will be the penalty for this if you are proved to have lied?
Bijan Moeinian
The servants asked: “Tell us, what shall be your punishment, if you are proven to be guilty?”
Bakhtiari Nejad
They said: “Then what is its punishment, if you are liars?”
Arthur John Arberry
They said, 'And what shall be its recompense if you are liars?
Amatul Rahman Omar
They (- the Egyptians) said, `What shall be the punishment for this (theft) if you are (proved to be) liars?
Ali Ünal
They said: "What, then, shall be the penalty for it if you are proved liars?"
Ali Quli Qara'i
They said, ‘What shall be its requital if you [prove to] be lying?’
Aisha Bewley
They said, ´What is the reparation for it if it in fact transpires that you are liars?´
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
They said. 'What is the penalty of him, if you be liars?
Ahmed Hulusi
(The Egyptians) said, “What will be the recompense if you are lying?”
Ahmed Ali
"What should be the punishment," they were asked, "in case you are liars?"
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
They said: what shall be the meed of him, if ye are found liars
Abdul Hye
They (Joseph’s people) said: “What then should be the penalty of him, if you are liars?”
Abdel Haleem
They asked them, ‘And if we find that you are lying, what penalty shall we apply to you?’