So Judah’s friend went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman. The men that lived in that place said that there was never a prostitute there.”
Genesis 38:23 - Easy To Read Version So Judah said, “Let her keep the things. I don’t want people to laugh at us. I tried to give her the goat, but we could not find her. That is enough.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Judah said, Let her keep [the pledge articles] for herself, lest we be made ashamed. I sent this kid, but you have not found her. American Standard Version (1901) And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. Common English Bible Judah said, “Let her keep everything so we aren’t laughed at. I did send this kid goat, but you couldn’t find her.” Catholic Public Domain Version Judah said: "Let her hold herself to blame. Certainly, she is not able to accuse us of a lie. I sent the young goat that I had promised, and you did not find her." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Juda said: Let her take it to herself; surely she cannot charge us with a lie. I sent the kid which I promised: and thou didst not find her. |
So Judah’s friend went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman. The men that lived in that place said that there was never a prostitute there.”
About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar sinned like a prostitute, [232] and now she is pregnant.”
So why did you ignore the Lord’s command? Why did you do the thing which he says is wrong? You let the Ammonites kill Uriah the Hittite, and you took his wife. In this way, you killed Uriah with a sword.
People will lose all their respect for him. And he will never lose that shame.
You did evil things. Now you are ashamed of those things. Did those things help you? No. Those things only bring \{spiritual\} death.
But we have turned away from secret and shameful ways. We don’t use trickery, and we don’t change the teaching of God. No! We teach the truth plainly. This is how we show people who we are. And this is how they can know in their hearts what kind of people we are before God.
It is really very shameful to even talk about the things those people in darkness do in secret.
“Listen! I will come, \{and it will be a surprise,\} like when a thief comes! Happy is the person that stays awake and keeps his clothes with him. Then he will not have to go without clothes, and people will not see the things he is ashamed for them to see.”