Genesis 38:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Judah replied, “Let her keep the things as her own, otherwise we will be laughed at; you see, I sent this kid, and you could not find her.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Judah said, Let her keep [the pledge articles] for herself, lest we be made ashamed. I sent this kid, but you have not found her.

American Standard Version (1901)

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

Common English Bible

Judah said, “Let her keep everything so we aren’t laughed at. I did send this kid goat, but you couldn’t find her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Judah said: "Let her hold herself to blame. Certainly, she is not able to accuse us of a lie. I sent the young goat that I had promised, and you did not find her."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Juda said: Let her take it to herself; surely she cannot charge us with a lie. I sent the kid which I promised: and thou didst not find her.

Genesis 38:23 Cross References

Genesis 38:22

So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her; moreover, the townspeople said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’ ”

Genesis 38:24

About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself; moreover, she is pregnant as a result of prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.”

2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Proverbs 6:33

He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

Romans 6:21

So what fruit did you then gain from the things of which you now are ashamed? The end of those things is death.

2 Corinthians 4:2

We have renounced the shameful, underhanded ways; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.

Ephesians 5:12

For it is shameful even to mention what such people do secretly,

Revelation 16:15

(“See, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and is clothed, not going about naked and exposed to shame.”)