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Judah and Tamar

Genesis 38:15

In 11 translations

BSB
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
KJV
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
WEB
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.
ASV
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
LSV
And Judah sees her, and reckons her for a harlot, for she has covered her face,
YLT
And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,
DBY
And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.
DRC
When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.
GNV
When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.
JPS
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
LXXE
And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּרְאֶ֣הָ יְהוּדָ֔ה וַֽיַּחְשְׁבֶ֖הָ לְזוֹנָ֑ה כִּ֥י כִסְּתָ֖ה פָּנֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν Ἰούδας ἔδοξεν αὐτὴν πόρνην εἶναι· κατεκαλύψατο γὰρ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνω αὐτήν.

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