Genesis 38:9

87 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

American Standard Version (1901)

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Asang Khongca Bible

Anih hoi sak ih caa loe angmah ih caa ah om mak ai, tito Onan mah panoek naah, am ya han caa sak pae han koeh ai pongah, amya ih zu khaeah iih naah, angmah ih atii to tasa bangah pathok ving.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae a tii a ngan te amah ham om hae mahpawh tila Onan loh a ming dongah, a maya yurho taengah a ih vaengah khaw diklai ah vik a san tih a maya ham tiingan khueh pah pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae a tii a ngan te amah ham om hae mahpawh tila Onan loh a ming dongah, a maya yurho taengah a ih vaengah khaw diklai ah vik a san tih a maya ham tiingan khueh pah pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ike iho la o Onana, aole nana ke keiki, alaila, i ka manawa ana i komo aku ai i ka wahine a kona kaikuaana, kiki iho la oia i ka mea ma ka honua, o haawi auanei ia i hua na kona kaikuaana.

English Berean Standard Bible

But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men Onan te konnen pitit la pa t'ap pou li. Se konsa, chak fwa li kouche ak madanm frè li a, li voye atè pou li pa t' fè pitit pou frè li a.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ille sciens non sibi nasci filios, introiens ad uxorem fratris sui, semen fundebat in terram, ne liberi fratris nomine nascerentur.

Bible in Basic English

But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Onan savait que la semence ne serait pas à lui ; et il arriva que lorsqu’il entra vers la femme de son frère, il perdit sur la terre, pour ne pas donner de semence à son frère.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Věděl pak Onan, že to símě nebude jeho. Protož kdykoli vcházel k ženě bratra svého, vypouštěl símě na zem, aby nezplodil synů bratru svému.

Kosraean Bible

Tusruktu Onan el etu lah tulik el ac orala uh ac tia oaoa mu ma natul, ouinge pacl nukewa el ac ona yurin katinmas sac, el ac okoalla nu saya, tuh in wangin tulik nutin tamulel lal.

World Portuguese Bible

Onã sabia que a descendência não seria sua; e quando se deitava com a esposa de seu irmão, ele derramava o seu sêmen no chão, para não dar descendência a seu irmão.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Onan a ştiut că sămânţa nu va fi a lui; şi s-a întâmplat, când intra la soţia fratelui său, că vărsa sămânţa pe pământ ca nu cumva să dea sămânţă fratelui său.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သြနန်ကမရီးနှင့်ရမည့်ကလေးသည်အစ်ကို ၏မျိုးဆက်သာဖြစ်ကြောင်းသိမြင်သဖြင့် အစ် ကိုအတွက်သားမထွန်းကားစေခြင်းငှာသူနှင့် ဆက်ဆံသည့်အခါတိုင်းသုက်ရည်ကိုအပြင် ၌သာစွန့်လေ၏။-

Darby Translation

But when Onan knew that the seed should not be his own, it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on the ground, in order to give no seed to his brother.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da aber Onan wußte, daß der Same nicht sein eigen sein sollte, so geschah es, wenn er zu dem Weibe seines Bruders einging, daß er ihn verderbte zur Erde, um seinem Bruder keinen Samen zu geben.

Dutch Bible 1917

Doch Onan, wetende, dat dit zaad voor hem niet zoude zijn, zo geschiedde het, als hij tot zijns broeders huisvrouw inging, dat hij het verdierf tegen de aarde, om zijn broeder geen zaad te geven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Maar Onan, die wist, dat die kinderen niet aan hem zouden behoren, liet telkens, als hij tot zijn schoonzuster kwam, het zaad op de grond verloren gaan, om geen kinderen voor zijn broer te verwekken.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ma Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando entrava dalla moglie del suo fratelo, si corrompeva in terra, per non dar progenie al suo fratello.

Douay-Rheims 1899

He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother’s wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother’s name.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Onan knewe that the seede should not be his: therefore when he went in vnto his brothers wife, he spilled it on the grounde, least he should giue seede vnto his brother.

Danish Bible 1931

Men Onan, som vidste, at Afkommet ikke vilde blive hans, lod, hver Gang han gik ind til sin Svigerinde, sin Sæd spildes på Jorden for ikke at skaffe sin Broder Afkom.

Leeser Tanakh

Onan thus knew that the seed should not be his, and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, so as not to give seed unto his brother.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

King James Version

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Ô-nan biết rằng dòng dõi nầy sẽ chẳng thuộc về mình, nên đang khi đến cùng nàng, thì làm rơi rớt xuống đất, để đừng sanh dòng dõi cho anh.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe ʻilo ʻe ʻOnani ʻe ʻikai ʻiate ia ʻae hako; pea ʻi heʻene ʻalu ki he uaifi ʻo hono taʻokete, naʻa ne huaʻi ia ki he kelekele, telia naʻa foaki ʻe ia ʻae hako ki hono taʻokete.

French Ostervald Bible

Mais Onan savait que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, et quand il venait vers la femme de son frère, il se souillait afin de ne point donner de postérité à son frère.

Esperanto Bible

Sed Onan sciis, ke ne por li estos la idaro; tial, envenante al la edzino de sia frato, li elverŝadis la semon sur la teron, por ne doni idaron al sia frato.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Onan, sachant que cette postérité ne serait pas à lui, se souillait à terre lorsqu’il allait vers la femme de son frère, afin de ne pas donner de postérité à son frère.

German Luther Bible 1912

Aber da Onan wußte, daß der Same nicht sein eigen sein sollte, wenn er einging zu seines Bruders Weib, ließ er's auf die Erde fallen und verderbte es, auf daß er seinem Bruder nicht Samen gäbe.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife.

Majority Standard BIble

Webster Bible

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his: and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he frustrated the purpose, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, in order not to raise up offspring for his brother.

Open English Bible (US)

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, in order not to raise up offspring for his brother.

Revised Version

And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

Italian Riveduta Bible

E Onan, sapendo che quella progenie non sarebbe sua, quando s’accostava alla moglie del suo fratello, faceva in modo d’impedire il concepimento, per non dar progenie al fratello.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Onan savait que la descendance ne serait pas à lui ; et chaque fois qu'il s'unissait à la femme de son frère, il laissait couler sa semence à terre, afin de ne pas donner de descendance à son frère.

Reina Valera 1909

Y sabiendo Onán que la simiente no había de ser suya, sucedía que cuando entraba á la mujer de su hermano vertía en tierra, por no dar simiente á su hermano.

Spanish BLL

Pero como Onán sabía que los hijos que nacieran no serían considerados suyos, cada vez que tenía relaciones con la esposa de su hermano, derramaba el semen en el suelo para no darle descendencia a su hermano.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y sabiendo Onán que la descendencia no había de ser suya, sucedía que cuando se llegaba a la mujer de su hermano, vertía su semen en tierra, por no dar descendencia a su hermano.

Croatian Bible

Ali Onan, znajući da se sjeme neće računati kao njegovo, ispuštaše ga na zemlju kad god bi prišao bratovoj udovici, tako da ne dade potomstva svome bratu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

A Avnan, znajući da neće biti njegov porod, kad leže sa ženom brata svog prosipaše na zemlju, da ne rodi dece bratu svom.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And Onan knew that after his name the seed would not be called; and it was that when he went in with the wife of his brother, he corrupted his way upon the earth that he might not raise up seed unto his brother;

German Textbibel

Da aber Onan wußte, daß die Kinder nicht ihm gehören sollten, so ließ er es, so oft er dem Weibe seines Bruders beiwohnte, daneben fallen, um seinem Bruder nicht Nachkommen zu verschaffen.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Onan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother’s wife.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיֵּ֣דַע אוֹנָ֔ן כִּ֛י לֹּ֥א ל֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֣ה הַזָּ֑רַע וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־בָּ֨א אֶל־אֵ֤שֶׁת אָחִיו֙ וְשִׁחֵ֣ת אַ֔רְצָה לְבִלְתִּ֥י נְתָן־זֶ֖רַע לְאָחִֽיו׃