Genesis 38:9 - Modern King James Version

⁹ And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it happened when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled on the ground, not giving seed to his brother.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother's widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Common English Bible

⁹ Onan knew the children wouldn’t be his so when he slept with his brother’s wife, he wasted his semen on the ground, so he wouldn’t give his brother children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ He, knowing that the sons to be born would not be his, when he entered to the wife of his brother, he spilled his seed on the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name.

Genesis 38:9 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 38:10

And what he did was evil in the eyes of Jehovah. Therefore He killed him also.

Job 5:2

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

Deuteronomy 25:5

If brothers live together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as a wife for himself, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

Deuteronomy 25:6

And it shall be, the first-born whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his dead brother, so that his name may not be put out of Israel.

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

James 3:16

For where envying and strife are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

James 4:5

Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns to envy?

Ruth 1:11

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Why will you go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?

Ruth 4:10

And also Ruth of Moab, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, so that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day.