22So he went back to Judah and said, "I didn't find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, 'There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here.' "


In Context

19 After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow's clothes again.

20 Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

21 He asked the men who lived there, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here," they said.

22 So he went back to Judah and said, "I didn't find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, 'There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here.' "

23 Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find her."

24 About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"

Genesis 38:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:22He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no harlot here.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:22He returned to Judah, and said, |I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:22And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, 'I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this place a separated one,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:22And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.