Genesis 38:22
World English Bible (WEB)
He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
In context
20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he didn’t find her.
21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
22 He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
23 Judah said, “Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven’t found her.”
24 About three months later, Judah was told, “Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute. Moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution.” Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”
Genesis 38:22 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
- KJV King James Version
- And 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And 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,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And 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.