Genesis 38:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; for she had covered her face.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot or devoted prostitute [under a vow to her goddess], for she had covered her face [as such women did].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Judah saw her and thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And when Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot. For she had covered her face, lest she be recognized.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ When Juda saw her, he thought she was a harlot: for she had covered her face, lest she should be known.

Genesis 38:15 Cross References

Genesis 38:14

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.

Genesis 38:16

And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

Proverbs 7:10

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of an harlot, and wily of heart.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or know ye not that he that is joined to a harlot is one body? for, The twain, saith he, shall become one flesh.