Genesis 38:15 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁵ And Yehuḏah saw her, and reckoned her for a whore, for she had covered her face.

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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.

Genesis 38:15 Cross References

Genesis 38:14

And she took off her widow’s garments, and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself, and sat at the entrance to Ěnayim which was on the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shĕlah was grown, and she was not given to him as a wife.

Genesis 38:16

And he turned aside to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What do you give me to come in to me?”

Proverbs 7:10

And look, a woman met him, Dressed like a whore, With a hidden heart.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Or do you not know that he who is joined to a whore is one body? For He says, “The two shall become one flesh.”