சேலா பெரியவனாகியும் தான் அவனுக்கு மனைவியாகக் கொடுக்கப்படவில்லை என்று அவள் கண்டபடியால், தன் கைம்பெண்மைக்குரிய வஸ்திரங்களைக் களைந்துபோட்டு, முக்காடிட்டுத் தன்னை மூடிக்கொண்டு, திம்னாவுக்குப் போகிற வழியிலிருக்கிற நீரூற்றுகளுக்கு முன்பாக உட்கார்ந்தாள்.
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
She took off her widow’s clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
Webster’s Bible (WBT)
And she put off from her, her widow’s garments, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him for a wife.
World English Bible (WEB)
She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn’t given to him as a wife.
Young’s Literal Translation (YLT)
and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which `is’ by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
Cross Reference
Genesis 24:65
For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Genesis 38:11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Proverbs 7:12
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Ezekiel 16:25
Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms.
Genesis 38:26
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.
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