Genesis 38:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²² So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her; moreover, the townspeople said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’ ”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² So he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the local men said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute around here.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. The locals even said, ‘There’s no holy woman here.’”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² He returned to Judah, and he said to him: "I did not find her. Moreover, the men of that place told me that a prostitute had never sat there."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there.

Genesis 38:22 Cross References

Genesis 38:21

He asked the townspeople, “Where is the prostitute who was at Enaim by the wayside?” But they said, “No prostitute has been here.”

Genesis 38:23

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.”