Genesis 38:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

So she took off her widow’s garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the roadside in an open place, which is on the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And she put hyr wydows garmetes of from her and couered her with a clooke and disgyssed herself: And sat her downe at the entrynge of Enaim which is by the hye wayes syde to Thimnath for because she sawe that Sela was growne and she was not geue vnto him to wife.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then put she of ye wyddowes garmentes that she had vpon her, couered and dysgysed hir self, & sat hir downe without the porte by the waye syde towarde Thymnath. For she sawe that Sela was growne, and she was not geuen vnto him to wife.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then she put her widowes garments off from her, and couered her with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and sate downe in Pethah-enaim, which is by the way to Timnah, because she sawe that Shelah was growen, and she was not giuen vnto him to wife.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered her with a vayle, and disguysed her selfe, and sate her downe in an open place, whiche is by the way syde to Thimnath, for because that she sawe Selah was growen, and she was not geuen vnto hym to wyfe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which [is] by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    She took off of 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 wasn't given to him as a wife.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    She took off of 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 wasn't given to him as a wife.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah.(She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 38:26 : 26 Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.
  • Prov 7:12 : 12 Sometimes she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.
  • Jer 3:2 : 2 Lift up your eyes to the high places and see where you have not been violated. On the roads you have sat for them, like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your whoredoms and your wickedness.
  • Ezek 16:25 : 25 You have built your high place at every head of the way, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have opened your feet to everyone that passed by, and multiplied your whoredoms.
  • Gen 24:65 : 65 for she had said to the servant, "Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant had said, "It is my master." Therefore she took a veil and covered herself.
  • Gen 38:11-13 : 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house. 12 After some time, Shuah's daughter, Judah's wife, died; after being comforted, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 Tamar was told, Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 38:18-27
    10 verses
    85%

    18He said, What pledge shall I give you? She replied, Your signet, your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

    19Then she arose and went away, and taking off her veil, she put on her widow’s garments again.

    20Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand, but he could not find her.

    21He asked the men of the place, Where is the prostitute who was by the roadside? They said, There has been no prostitute here.

    22So he returned to Judah and said, I could not find her; and the men of the place said there has been no prostitute there.

    23Judah said, Let her keep them, lest we become a laughingstock; after all, I sent the young goat, and you did not find her.

    24About three months later, it was told Judah, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, she is pregnant by harlotry. Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.

    25As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant. She also said, Discern, please, whose these are—the signet, the bracelets, and the staff.

    26Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he never knew her again.

    27When the time came for her to give birth, behold, there were twins in her womb.

  • Gen 38:11-13
    3 verses
    85%

    11Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

    12After some time, Shuah's daughter, Judah's wife, died; after being comforted, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

    13Tamar was told, Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

    16He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

  • 76%

    18And she had a garment of many colors upon her, for such robes were the king's daughters who were virgins clothed. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.

    19And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

    20And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But hold your peace now, my sister: he is your brother; do not consider this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

  • Gen 38:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5Yet again she conceived and bore a son, and named him Shelah; and he was at Chezib when she bore him.

    6Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

  • Gen 38:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1At that time, Judah left his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

    2There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; he took her and went in to her.

  • 70%

    37And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

    38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

  • 14And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before anyone could recognize another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.

  • 8Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

  • 13And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had fled,

  • 12And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.'

  • 14And gives occasions of speech against her, and brings up an evil name upon her, and says, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a virgin.