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Genesis 38:22
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KJ21
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.”
ASV
And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.
AMP
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her; also the local men said, ‘There was no prostitute around here.’”
AMPC
So he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the local men said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute around here.
BRG
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.
CSB
So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and besides, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
CSBA
So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, ‘I couldn’t find her, and besides, the men of the place said, “There has been no cult prostitute here.” ’
CEB
So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. The locals even said, ‘There’s no holy woman here.’”
CJB
So he returned to Y’hudah and said, “I couldn’t find her; also the people there said, ‘There hasn’t been any prostitute here.’”
CEV
Hirah went back and told Judah, “I couldn't find the woman, and the people of Enaim said no prostitute had ever been there.”
DARBY
And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.
DRA
He returned to Juda, and said to him: I have not found her; moreover the men of that place said to me, that there never sat a harlot there.
ERV
So Judah’s friend went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman. The men who live in that place said that there was never a prostitute there.”
EASY
So Hirah went back to Judah, with the goat. He told him, ‘I did not find her. The men who lived there said, “There has not been any temple prostitute here.” ’
EHV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and the men of the place said, ‘There hasn’t been any sacred prostitute here.’”
ESV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’”
ESVUK
So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, ‘No cult prostitute has been here.’”
EXB
So he went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman, and the people who lived there said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’ ”
GNV
He came therefore to Judah again, and said, I cannot find her, and also the men of the place said, There was no whore there.
GW
So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. Even the men of that area said, ‘There’s no prostitute here.’ ”
GNT
He returned to Judah and said, “I couldn't find her. The men of the place said that there had never been a prostitute there.”
HCSB
So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
ICB
So he went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman. The men who lived there said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
ISV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I haven’t found her. Also, the men who are from there said, ‘There’s been no prostitute here.’”
JUB
And he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said that there was no cult prostitute in this place.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
So he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
LEB
Then he returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her. Morever, the men of the place said, ‘There is no cult prostitute here.’”
TLB
So he returned to Judah and told him he couldn’t find her anywhere, and what the men of the place had told him.
MSG
He went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. The men there said there never has been a prostitute there.”
MEV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no cult prostitute in this place.”
NOG
So he went back to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. Even the men of that area said, ‘There’s no prostitute here.’”
NABRE
He went back to Judah and told him, “I did not find her; and besides, the men of the place said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’”
NASB
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the people of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute here.’”
NASB1995
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.’”
NCB
So he returned to Judah and said, “I did not find her. Even the men of that place said, ‘There has never been a temple prostitute there.’ ”
NCV
So he went back to Judah and said, “I could not find the woman, and the people who lived there said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’”
NET
So he returned to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her. Moreover, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’”
NIRV
So Hirah went back to Judah. He said, “I couldn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there didn’t know anything about her. They said, ‘There hasn’t been any temple prostitute here.’ ”
NIV
So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute here.’”
NIVUK
So he went back to Judah and said, ‘I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, “There hasn’t been any shrine-prostitute here.”’
NKJV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
NLV
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her. The men of the place said, ‘There has been no woman selling the use of her body here.’”
NLT
So Hirah returned to Judah and told him, “I couldn’t find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they’ve never had a shrine prostitute there.”
NRSVA
So he returned to Judah, and said, ‘I have not found her; moreover, the townspeople said, “No prostitute has been here.”’
NRSVACE
So he returned to Judah, and said, ‘I have not found her; moreover, the townspeople said, “No prostitute has been here.”’
NRSVCE
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; moreover the townspeople said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’”
NRSVUE
So he returned to Judah and said, “I have not found her; moreover, the townspeople said, ‘No prostitute has been here.’ ”
OJB
And he returned to Yehudah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said that there was no kedesha in this place.
RGT
Therefore, he came back to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her. And the men of the place also said, ‘There was no whore there.’”
RSV
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘No harlot has been here.’”
RSVCE
So he returned to Judah, and said, “I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘No harlot has been here.’”
TLV
So he returned to Judah and said, “I couldn’t find her, and the people of that place also said, ‘There hasn’t been a cult prostitute here.’”
VOICE
Bewildered, the Adullamite returned to Judah. Hirah the Adullamite: I couldn’t find her, and what’s odd is that the elders claimed they haven’t seen any temple prostitutes around there.
WEB
He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
WYC
he turned again to Judah, and said to him, I found not her, but also the men of that place said to me, that a whore sat never there. (Hirah returned to Judah, and said to him, I could not find her, and the men of that place told me, that a whore never sat there.)
YLT
And he turneth back unto Judah, and saith, `I have not found her; and the men of the place also have said, There hath not been in this [place] a separated one,'
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