15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.


In Context

12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold your father in law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him to wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

16 And he turned to her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray you, let me come in to you; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

17 And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?

Genesis 38:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot; because she had covered her face.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:15And Judah seeth her, and reckoneth her for a harlot, for she hath covered her face,