Genesis 38:10
King James Version (KJV)
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
In context
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:10 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
- WEB World English Bible
- The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and that which he hath done is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him also to death.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and he slew him also.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.