Genesis 38:23
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And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
In other translations
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559יְהוּדָהyehudahJudahH3063תִּקַּח־tikach-let her take [them]H3947לָהּlahfor <the> herselfפֶּןpenlestH6435נִהְיֶהnihyehwe should becomeH1961לָבוּזlavuz<into> contemptH937הִנֵּהhinehthere!H2009שָׁלַחְתִּיshalachtiI sentH7971הַגְּדִיhagedithe kidH1423הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088וְאַתָּהve'atahand youH859לֹאlo'notH3808מְצָאתָהּ׃metzatahyou found herH4672
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Related verses
- Proverbs 6:33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
- Ephesians 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- 2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
- Revelation 16:15Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”
- 2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- Romans 6:21What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
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People and places
People: Judah