Genesis 38:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 38:8 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 →
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוּדָה֙
Yᵉhûwdâh
H3063
Judah
לְאוֹנָ֔ן
ʼÔwnân
H209
Onan
בֹּ֛א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֵ֥שֶׁת
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
אָחִ֖יךָ
ʼâch
H251
brother
וְיַבֵּ֣ם
yâbam
H2992
to perform levirate marriage
אֹתָ֑הּ
ʼêth
H853
-
וְהָקֵ֥ם
qûwm
H6965
to rise
זֶ֖רַע
zeraʻ
H2233
seed
לְאָחִֽיךָ
ʼâch
H251
brother
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."
-
King James Version Public Domain
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then Judah said to Onan, “Go to the wife of your brother and perform your duty to her and produce offspring for your brother.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).