Genesis 38:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And Her, the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.

Genesis 38:7 Cross References

Genesis 13:13

Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.

Genesis 19:13

for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

Genesis 38:6

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Genesis 46:12

And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Genesis 6:8

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

1 Kings 17:20

And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

1 Chronicles 2:3

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He also made his Children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: and he practised augury, and used enchantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

Numbers 26:19

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

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man sin against another, God shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.