Genesis 38:15
Modern Translations
New International Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

New Living Translation
Judah noticed her and thought she was a prostitute, since she had covered her face.

English Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

Berean Study Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

New American Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he assumed she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

NASB 1995
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.

NASB 1977
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.

Amplified Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a [temple] prostitute, for she had covered her face [as such women did].

Christian Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

Contemporary English Version
When Judah came along, he did not recognize her because of the veil. He thought she was a prostitute

Good News Translation
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had her face covered.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

International Standard Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, since she had concealed her face.

NET Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

New King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, because she had covered her face.

King James 2000 Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

New Heart English Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute 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.

American King James Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because 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.

A Faithful Version
When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot because she had covered her face.

Darby Bible Translation
And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.

English Revised Version
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.

Webster's Bible Translation
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When Iudah sawe her, he iudged her an whore: for she had couered her face.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
When Iuda sawe her, he thought it had ben an harlot, because she had couered her face.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Now whan Iuda sawe her, he thought it had bene an whoore, for she had couered hir face:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Judah sees her, and reckons her for a harlot, for she has covered her face,

Young's Literal Translation
And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,

Smith's Literal Translation
And Judah will see her, and will think her a harlot, because she covered her face.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot. For she had covered her face, lest she be recognized.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Yehuda saw and he considered her as a harlot because her face was covered.

Lamsa Bible
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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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