He returned to Judah, and said, “I haven’t found her; and also the men of the place said, ‘There has been no prostitute here.’”
Parallel translations
- KJV And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
- BSB So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
- NKJV So he returned to Judah and said, “I cannot find her. Also, the men of the place said there was no harlot in this place.”
- NASB So he returned to Judah, and said, “I did not find her; and furthermore, the people of the place said, ‘There has been no temple prostitute here.’ ”
- NLT So Hirah returned to Judah and told him, “I couldn’t find her anywhere, and the men of the village claim they’ve never had a shrine prostitute there.”
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