KJV King James Version
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].
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Genesis 38:21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
WEB World English Bible
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?” They said, “There has been no prostitute here.”
ASV American Standard Version
Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he asketh the men of her place, saying, ‘Where is the separated one—she in Enayim, by the way?’ and they say, ‘There hath not been in this place a separated one.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 38
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where [is] the harlot, that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this [place].
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this [place].
23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
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וַיִּשְׁאַ֞לH7592 · sha.alto askאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַנְשֵׁ֤יH582 · e.noshhumanמְקֹמָהּ֙H4725 · ma.qomplaceלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayאַיֵּ֧הH346 · ay.yehwhere?הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛הH6948 · qe.de.shahcult prostituteהִ֥ואH1931 · huhe/she/itבָעֵינַ֖יִםH5879 · e.na.yimEnaimעַל־H5921 · aluponהַדָּ֑רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayלֹא־H3808 · lonotהָיְתָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beבָזֶ֖הH2088 · zehthisקְדֵשָֽׁה׃H6948 · qe.de.shahcult prostitute
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