For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- King James Version

"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me--for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
- Basic English Bible

for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? -- lest I see the evil that would come on my father.
- Darby Bible

For how shall I return to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest perhaps I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- Webster's Bible

For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?--lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
- World English Bible

for how do I go up unto my father, and the youth not with me? lest I look on the evil which doth find my father.'
- Youngs Literal Bible

For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on my father.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible