The thing which he did was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and he killed him also.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
- BSB What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
- NKJV And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He killed him also.
- NASB But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord; so He took his life also.
- NLT But the Lord considered it evil for Onan to deny a child to his dead brother. So the Lord took Onan’s life, too.
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- Gen 46:12The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
- Num 11:1The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
- 1 Chr 21:7God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel.
- Prov 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
- Num 26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
- Prov 24:18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
- Jer 44:4However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing that I hate.”
- Hag 1:13Then Haggai, Yahweh’s messenger, spoke Yahweh’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says Yahweh.
- 2 Sam 11:27When the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Yahweh.
- Num 22:34Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
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