Genesis 38:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

About 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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    About three months later, Judah was told, 'Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant as a result.' Judah said, 'Bring her out and let her be burned!'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And it came to passe that after.iij. monethes one tolde Iuda saynge: Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe. And Iuda sayde: brynge her forth ad let her be brente.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    After thre monethes it was tolde Iuda: Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath plaied the whoore: and beholde, by whordome is she gotten with childe. Iuda sayde: brynge her forth, that she maye be brent.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Now after three moneths, one tolde Iudah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the whore, and lo, with playing the whore, she is great with childe. Then Iudah saide, Bring ye her foorth and let her be burnt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And it came to passe, after three monethes one tolde Iuda, saying: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the harlot, and with playing the harlot is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde: Bryng her foorth, that she may be brent.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass about three months `after', that it is declared to Judah, saying, `Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath committed fornication; and also, lo, she hath conceived by fornication:' and Judah saith, `Bring her out -- and she is burnt.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Now about three months after this, word came to Judah that Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had been acting like a loose woman and was with child. And Judah said, Take her out and let her be burned.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    After three months Judah was told,“Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant.” Judah said,“Bring her out and let her be burned!”

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:9 : 9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burned with fire.
  • Judg 19:2 : 2 And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months.
  • 2 Sam 12:5 : 5 David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man who has done this shall surely die.
  • 2 Sam 12:7 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be trapped by her.
  • Jer 2:20 : 20 For from of old I have broken your yoke, and burst your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree you wandered, playing the harlot.
  • Jer 3:1 : 1 They say, If a man divorces his wife, and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, shall he return to her again? Would not that land be greatly defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, says the LORD.
  • Jer 3:6 : 6 The LORD also said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot.
  • Jer 3:8 : 8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.
  • Jer 29:22-23 : 22 And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;' 23 Because they have done outrageous things in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; indeed I know, and am a witness, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 16:15 : 15 But you trusted in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your fame, and poured out your fornications on everyone that passed by; it was his.
  • Ezek 16:28 : 28 You have played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the harlot with them, and yet could not be satisfied.
  • Ezek 16:41 : 41 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments upon you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no remuneration any more.
  • Ezek 23:5 : 5 And Aholah played the harlot while she was mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians her neighbors,
  • Ezek 23:19 : 19 Yet she multiplied her harlotries, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, when she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 23:44 : 44 Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that plays the harlot: so they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women.
  • Hos 2:5 : 5 For their mother has played the harlot: she who conceived them has acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
  • Hos 3:3 : 3 And I said to her, You shall stay for me many days; you shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.
  • Hos 4:15 : 15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot, do not let Judah offend; do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Bethaven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'
  • Matt 7:1-5 : 1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye'; and behold, a plank is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Rom 2:1-2 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things. 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.
  • Rom 14:22 : 22 Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves.
  • Deut 22:21-27 : 21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you. 22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel. 23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, 24 Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you. 25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. 26 But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is in the young woman no sin worthy of death; for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter. 27 For he found her in the field and the betrothed young woman cried out, and there was no one to save her.
  • Deut 24:16 : 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
  • Gen 20:3 : 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken; for she is a man's wife.
  • Gen 20:7 : 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you, and all that belong to you.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what wrong have I done to you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that should not be done.
  • Gen 34:31 : 31 And they said, Should he treat our sister as a harlot?
  • Lev 20:10 : 10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Gen 38:18-23
    6 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.

  • Gen 38:25-27
    3 verses
    83%

    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 38:10-16
    7 verses
    81%

    10What he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death also.

    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.

    14So 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.

    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?

  • Gen 38:5-8
    4 verses
    78%

    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.

    7But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.

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

  • Gen 38:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    3She conceived and bore a son, and he named him Er.

  • 1 Chr 2:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and He put him to death.

    4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

  • Jer 3:7-9
    3 verses
    72%

    7And I said after she had done all these things, Turn to me. But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

    8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also.

    9And it came to pass through the frivolity of her whoredom, that she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

  • Ruth 4:12
    71%

    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.'

  • Judg 19:2
    70%

    2And his concubine was unfaithful to him and went away to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah and was there for four months.

  • 2 Sam 13:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Mal 2:11
    69%

    11Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.