Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When Judah saw her, he thought it had been an whore, because she had covered her face.
New American Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.
King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
Holman Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
International Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.
A Conservative Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot, for she had covered her face.
American Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
Amplified
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a [temple] prostitute, for she had covered her face [as such women did].
Bible in Basic English
When Judah saw her he took her to be a loose woman of the town, because her face was covered.
Darby Translation
And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.
Julia Smith Translation
And Judah will see her, and will think her a harlot, because she covered her face.
King James 2000
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Judah saw her and reckoned her to [be] a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
Modern King James verseion
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.
NET Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
New Heart English Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
The Emphasized Bible
And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman, - for she had covered her face.
Webster
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.
World English Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » Judah
Judah » Son of jacob » His incest with his daughter-in-law
Lasciviousness » Instances of » Judah
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 38:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah And Tamar
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her and covered her with a cloak, and disguised herself: And sat her down at the entering of Enaim which is by the high way's side to Timnath, for because she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought it had been an whore, because she had covered her face. 16 And turned to her unto the way and said, "Come, I pray thee, let me lie with thee." For he knew not that it was his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What wilt thou give me, for to lie with me?"