Genesis 38 · Verse 22

Genesis 38:22

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.
Genesis 38:22, King James Version

Genesis 38:22 in other translations

BSBSo Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
WEBHe returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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,'
DARBYAnd he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, No prostitute has been here.
BBESo he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.
WebsterAnd 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.

Genesis 38:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙vai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
מְצָאתִ֑יהָme.tza.Ti.haI found herH4672
וְגַ֨םve.Gamand alsoH1571
אַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582
הַמָּקוֹם֙ha.ma.kOmthe placeH4725
אָֽמְר֔וּ'a.me.Ruthey saidH559
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
הָיְתָ֥הha.ye.Tahshe wasH1961
בָזֶ֖הva.Zehin this [place]H2088
קְדֵשָֽׁה\׃ke.de.Shaha cult prostituteH6948

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 38:22

    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.

  • Genesis 38:23

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

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Genesis 38:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces él se volvió á Judá, y dijo: No la he hallado; y también los hombres del lugar dijeron: Aquí no ha estado ramera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il retourna vers Juda, et dit: Je ne l’ai pas trouvée, et aussi les gens du lieu m’ont dit: Il n’y a pas eu ici de prostituée.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er kehrte zu Juda zurück und sprach: Ich habe sie nicht gefunden, und auch sagten die Leute des Ortes: Hier ist keine Buhlerin gewesen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Reversus est ad Judam, et dixit ei: Non inveni eam: sed et homines loci illius dixerunt mihi, numquam sedisse ibi scortum.