Genesis 38:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 38:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיַּרְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
שָׁ֧ם
shâm
H8033
there
יְהוּדָ֛ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
H3063
Judah
בַּת
bath
H1323
daughter
אִ֥ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
כְּנַעֲנִ֖י
Kᵉnaʻanîy
H3669
Canaanite
וּשְׁמ֣וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
שׁ֑וּעַ
Shûwaʻ
H7770
Shuah
וַיִּקָּחֶ֖הָ
lâqach
H3947
to take
וַיָּבֹ֥א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֵלֶֽיהָ
ʼêl
H413
to
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.
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King James Version Public Domain
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And there Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man, and his name Shua, and he took her. Then he went to her,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).