"What should be the punishment," they were asked, "in case you are liars?"

They said, “And what shall be the punishment for it, if you are liars?”

They said, 'And what shall be its recompense if you are liars?'

[The Egyptians] said: "But what shall be the requital of this [deed] if you are [proved to be] liars?"

They said: what shall be the meed of him, if ye are found liars!

They [Yusuf's (Joseph) men] said: "What then shall be the penalty of him, if you are (proved to be) liars."

They said, “What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?”

They said, “What shall be his punishment, if you are lying?”

They said, “What shall be his punishment—if you are lying?”

They said, “What shall be his punishment—if you are lying?”

Joseph’s men asked, “What should be the price for theft, if you are lying?”

The officials said: "If you are lying, what will be the penalty for him who has stolen?"

They said: "What then shall be the penalty of him, if you are (proved to be) liars."

They said: And what shall be the penalty for it, if ye prove liars?

They said, ‘What shall be its requital if you [prove to] be lying?’

They said: 'What shall be the recompense, if you prove to be lying'

The accusers said, "Then what would be its recompense if you should be liars?"

The Egyptians said, "What do you suggest should be the punishment for the thief, if it is proved that you are lying?"

They said: But what shall be the requital of this, if you are liars?

Qaloo fama jazaohu in kuntum kathibeena

qālū famā jazāuhu in kuntum kādhibīna

The Egyptians asked them, "And if we find that you are lying, what penalty shall we mete out to you?"

(The Egyptians) said: "What then shall be the penalty of this, if ye are (proved) to have lied?"