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


In Context

12 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

14 And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

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

16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

17 And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou 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 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,

The American 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.