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


In Context

12 And the days are multiplied, and the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, dieth; and Judah is comforted, and goeth up unto his sheep-shearers, he and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, to Timnath.

13 And it is declared to Tamar, saying, 'Lo, thy husband's father is going up to Timnath to shear his flock;'

14 and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

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

16 and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, 'Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she is his daughter-in-law); and she saith, 'What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

17 and he saith, 'I — I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, 'Dost thou give 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 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 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.