Genesis 38:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁷ But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah slew him.

Common English Bible

⁷ But the LORD considered Judah’s oldest son Er immoral, and the LORD put him to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And it also happened that Er, the first born of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord and was killed by him.

Genesis 38:7 Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three the Canaanite woman Bath-shua bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.

Genesis 46:12

The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan), and the children of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Numbers 26:19

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 19:13

For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

Genesis 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will cast them down into the lowest pit; the bloodthirsty and treacherous shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in you.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He made his son pass through fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom, practiced soothsaying and augury and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord.

Genesis 38:6

Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one person sins against another, someone can intercede for the sinner with the Lord, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can make intercession?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for it was the will of the Lord to kill them.

1 Kings 17:20

He cried out to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?”