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OET (OET-RV) When Yehudah recognised the items, he admitted, “She’s more in the right than I am, because I didn’t give my son Shelah to her.” But he didn’t lie with her again.
OET-LV And_recognized Yəhūdāh and_he/it_said she_is_righteous more_than_I DOM on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so not give_her to_Shēlāh son_my and_not he_repeated again to_know_her.
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38:26 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
UHB וַיַּכֵּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֗ה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ צָֽדְקָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔נִּי כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יהָ לְשֵׁלָ֣ה בְנִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְדַעְתָּֽה׃ ‡
(vayyaⱪēr yəhūdāh vayyoʼmer ʦādəqāh mimmennī ⱪiy-ˊal-ⱪēn loʼ-nətattiyhā ləshēlāh ⱱəniy vəloʼ-yāşaf ˊōd lədaˊttāh.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And Judah identified the things and said, “She is more righteous than I am, because I did not give her to Shelah my son!” And he did not continue to know her more.
UST Judah recognized his things and confessed, “Tamar is right, and I am wrong, because I refused to have my son Shelah marry her as I was supposed to!” So they released Tamar, and after that Judah never had sexual relations with her again.
BSB § Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
OEB When Judah recognised them, he said, ‘She is more in the right than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son.’ But he did not lie with her again.
WEB Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She is more righteous than I, because I didn’t give her to Shelah, my son.”
¶ He knew her again no more.
NET Judah recognized them and said, “She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn’t give her to Shelah my son.” He did not have sexual relations with her again.
LSV And Judah discerns and says, “She has been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to my son Shelah”; and he has not added to know her again.
FBV Judah recognized them right away and said, “She has honored the law more than I have, because I didn't give her in marriage to my son Shelah.” He didn't sleep with Tamar again.
T4T When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex [EUP] with her again.
LEB Then Judah recognized them and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know[fn] her again.
?:? “Know” is a euphemism for “have sexual relations with”
BBE Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.
MOF No MOF GEN book available
JPS And Judah acknowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more.
ASV And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
DRA But he acknowledging the gifts, said: She is juster than I: because I did not give her to Sela, my son. However, he knew her no more.
YLT And Judah discerneth and saith, 'She hath been more righteous than I, because that I did not give her to Shelah my son;' and he hath not added to know her again.
DBY And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She is more righteous than I, because I have not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
RV And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
WBS And Judah acknowledged them, and said She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son: and he knew her again no more.
KJB And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
(And Yudahh acknowledged them, and said, She hath/has been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. )
BB And Iuda acknowledged them, and saide: She hath ben more righteous then I, because I gaue her not Selah my sonne. And he lay with her no more.
(And Yudah acknowledged them, and said: She hath/has been more righteous then I, because I gave her not Selah my sonne. And he lay with her no more.)
GNV Then Iudah knewe them, and said, She is more righteous then I: for she hath done it because I gaue her not to Shelah my sonne. So he lay with her no more.
(Then Yudahh knew them, and said, She is more righteous then I: for she hath/has done it because I gave her not to Shelah my sonne. So he lay with her no more. )
CB Iuda knewe the, & sayde: She is more righteous the I, for I gaue hir not my sonne Sela: But he laye nomore with her.
(Yudah knew them, and said: She is more righteous the I, for I gave her not my son Sela: But he lay nomore with her.)
WYC And whanne the yiftis weren knowun, he seide, Sche is more iust than Y, for Y yaf not hir to Sela, my sone; netheles Judas knewe hir no more fleischli.
(And when the yiftis were known, he said, She is more just than Y, for I gave not her to Sela, my sone; netheles Yudas knew her no more fleshli.)
LUT Juda erkannte es und sprach: Sie ist gerechter denn ich; denn ich habe sie nicht gegeben meinem Sohn Sela. Doch beschlief er sie nicht mehr.
(Yuda erkannte it and spoke: They/She is gerechter because ich; because I have they/she/them not gegeben my son Sela. Doch beschlief he they/she/them not mehr.)
CLV Qui, agnitis muneribus, ait: Justior me est: quia non tradidi eam Sela filio meo. Attamen ultra non cognovit eam.[fn]
(Qui, agnitis muneribus, ait: Yustior me it_is: because not/no tradidi her Sela filio meo. Attamen ultra not/no cognovit eam.)
38.26 Qui agnitis, etc. HIERON. Cognovit autem Judas, etc. In Hebræo habetur: justificata est ex me; non quod justa fuerit, sed quod comparatione illius minus male fecerit, non vaga turpitudine, sed requirendo filios.
38.26 Who agnitis, etc. HIERON. Cognovit however Yudas, etc. In Hebræo habetur: justificata it_is ex me; not/no that justa has_been, but that comparatione illius minus male fecerit, not/no vaga turpitudine, but requirendo filios.
BRN And Judas knew them, and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again.
BrLXX Ἐπέγνω δὲ Ἰούδας, καὶ εἶπε, δεδικαίωται Θάμαρ ἢ ἐγώ· οὗ ἕνεκεν οὐκ ἔδωκα αὐτὴν Σηλὼμ τῷ υἱῷ μου· Καὶ οὐ προσέθετο ἔτι τοῦ γνῶναι αὐτήν.
(Epegnō de Youdas, kai eipe, dedikaiōtai Thamar aʸ egō; hou heneken ouk edōka autaʸn Saʸlōm tōi huiōi mou; Kai ou prosetheto eti tou gnōnai autaʸn. )
38:26 She is more righteous than I am: Judah acknowledged that he had shirked his responsibility to provide an heir. It was sinful for Judah to go to a prostitute, but Tamar had a legal right to be the mother of Judah’s child and had acted on that right. In the book of Ruth, the elders analogously blessed the marriage of Boaz and Ruth, praying that God would make Ruth like Tamar (Ruth 4:12; cp. Matt 1:3, 5).
וַיַּכֵּ֣ר יְהוּדָ֗ה
and,recognized Yehuda
Alternate translation: “Judah saw that the things she had were his”
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “and admitted,”
צָֽדְקָ֣ה מִמֶּ֔נִּי
righteous more_~_than,I
Alternate translation: “She is right, and I am wrong,”
כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֥ן לֹא־נְתַתִּ֖יהָ לְשֵׁלָ֣ה בְנִ֑י
that/for/because/then/when on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so not give,her to,Shelah son,my
Be consistent here with how you spelled Shelah in verses 5, 11, 14. Alternate translation: “because I refused to have my son Shelah marry her as I was required to!” or “because I did not let her marry my son Shelah as I was required to!”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
וְלֹֽא יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְדַעְתָּֽה
and=not he_repeated again/more to,know,her
Consider again how you translated the idiom “knew” in the book of Genesis. See Gen 4:1 (and note), 17, 25; 19:8; 24:16; 38:26. It may be necessary to translate 38:26 differently, since the relationship in this verse was outside of marriage. Compare how you translated a related idiom (“went to”) in verse 18. Alternate translation: “So they released her and after that he never again slept with her” or “… never had sexual relations with Tamar again.”