Genesis 38:23 Parallel Translations

Then Judah said, "Let her keep what I gave her, or we'll become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you couldn't find her."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

DBY:

Then Judah said, Let her take it for herself, lest we be put to shame. Behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

And Judah said: 'Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

WBS:

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

WEB:

Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her."

YLT:

and Judah saith, 'Let her take to herself, lest we become despised; lo, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.'

Genesis 38:23 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 38:22 So he returned to Judah, and said, "I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, 'There has been no temple prostitute here.'"

Genesis 38:24 Now it was about three months later that Judah was informed, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and behold, she is also with child by harlotry." Then Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!" (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

38:23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be {g} shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
(g) He fears man more than God.

WES:

38:23 Lest we be shamed - Either, Lest his sin should come to be known publicly, Or Lest he should be laughed at as a fool for trusting a whore with his signet and his bracelets. He expresses no concern about the sin, only about the shame. There are many who are more solicitous to preserve their reputation with men, than to secure the savour of God, lest we be shamed goes farther with them than lest we be damned.

MHC:

38:1-30 The profligate conduct of Judah and his family. - This chapter gives an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is, that it seems a wonder that of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, Heb 7:14. But God will show that his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief. Also, that the worthiness of Christ is of himself, and not from his ancestors. How little reason had the Jews, who were so called from this Judah, to boast as they did, Joh 8:41. What awful examples the Lord proclaims in his punishments, of his utter displeasure at sin! Let us seek grace from God to avoid every appearance of sin. And let that state of humbleness to which Jesus submitted, when he came to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, in appointing such characters as those here recorded, to be his ancestors, endear the Redeemer to our hearts.

CONC:

Behold Despised Didn't Goat Hast Haven't Herself Judah Kid Laughed Laughingstock Lest Otherwise Replied Shame Shamed

Find Found Goat Herself Judah Kid Otherwise Shame Shamed Young

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