Genesis 38:9

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ☆

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.

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.

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;

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.

World English Bible ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Onan knew that the offspring wouldn’t be his; and when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

And he wiste that sones schulden not be borun to him, `and he entride to the wijf of his brother, and schedde seed in to the erthe, lest the fre children schulden be borun bi the name of the brother;

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and Onan knoweth that the seed is not [reckoned] his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed [it] to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

And Onan knew that the zera should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto eshet achiv, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give zera to achiv.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَعَلِمَ أُونَانُ أَنَّ ٱلنَّسْلَ لَا يَكُونُ لَهُ، فَكَانَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَةِ أَخِيهِ أَنَّهُ أَفْسَدَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، لِكَيْ لَا يُعْطِيَ نَسْلًا لِأَخِيهِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သြ​နန်​က​မရီး​နှင့်​ရ​မည့်​က​လေး​သည်​အစ်​ကို ၏​မျိုး​ဆက်​သာ​ဖြစ်​ကြောင်း​သိ​မြင်​သ​ဖြင့် အစ် ကို​အ​တွက်​သား​မ​ထွန်း​ကား​စေ​ခြင်း​ငှာ​သူ​နှင့် ဆက်​ဆံ​သည့်​အ​ခါ​တိုင်း​သုက်​ရည်​ကို​အ​ပြင် ၌​သာ​စွန့်​လေ​၏။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဩနန် သည် သားကိုရလျှင်မူကား၊ မိမိ သား မမှတ်ရဟုသိ၍ အစ်ကိုအား သားကိုမ ပေး လိုဘဲ၊ အစ်ကို မယား ထံ သို့ဝင် သောအခါ ၊ သုတ်ရည်ကိုထုတ်၍ စွန့် လေ၏။

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 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.

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.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

俄南知道生子不归自己，所以同房的时候便遗在地，免得给他哥哥留后。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

俄南知道生子不歸自己，所以同房的時候便遺在地，免得給他哥哥留後。

World Chinese Bible ☆

俄南知道后裔不会归自己；所以他与哥哥的妻子同房时，就把精液遗在地上，免得给哥哥留下后裔。

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da aber Onan wußte, daß der Same nicht sein eigen sein sollte, ließ er es, wenn er zu seines Bruders Weib ging, auf die Erde fallen und verderbte es, um seinem Bruder keinen Samen zu geben.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

γνοὺς δὲ Αὐνὰν ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα, ἐγίνετο ὅταν εἰσήρχετο πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐξέχεεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Γνοὺς δὲ Αὐνὰν, ὅτι οὐκ αὐτῷ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα, ἐγένετο ὅταν εἰσήρχετο πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτου, ἐξέχεεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, τοῦ μὴ δοῦναι σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ.

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.

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.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

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

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

וידע אונן כי לא לו יהיה הזרע והיה אם בא אל אשת אחיו ושחת ארצה לבלתי נתן זרע לאחיו׃

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.

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.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

オナンは、その子孫が自分のものにならないことを知っていた。それで、兄の妻のところに入るとき、兄に子孫を与えないように、精を地にこぼした。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

오난이 그 씨가 자기 것이 되지 않을 줄 알므로 형수에게 들어갔을 때에 형에게 아들을 얻게 아니하려고 땅에 설정하매

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.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

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

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

لکن چونکه اونان دانست که آن نسل از آن او نخواهدبود، هنگامی که به زن برادر خود درآمد، بر زمین انزال کرد، تا نسلی برای برادر خود ندهد.

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.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E sabendo Onã que a descendência não havia de ser sua, sucedia que quando se deitava com mulher de seu irmão derramava em terra, para não dar descendência a seu irmão.

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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.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Онан, штиинд кэ сэмынца ачаста н-аре сэ фие а луй, вэрса сэмынца пе пэмынт орь де кыте орь се кулка ку неваста фрателуй сэу, ка сэ ну дя сэмынцэ фрателуй сэу.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Онан знал, что семя будет не ему, и потому, когда входил к жене брата своего, изливал семя на землю, чтобы не дать семени брату своему.

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.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А Авнан, знајући да неће бити његов пород, кад леже са женом брата свог просипаше на земљу, да не роди деце брату свом.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ci kwône Onani ali amanyire oku iburha lirhabe lyâge, na ntyo erhi abâga ali nyumpa bo na mukà mukulu wâge, anakaz’ibulagira oku idaho lyo arhag’ihà mwene wâbo iburha.

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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.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Pero Onán, viendo que la descendencia no sería suya, fue a la mujer de su hermano, pero expulsaba su semilla en la tierra, para que no pudiese dar descendencia a su hermano.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Pero Onán sabía que la descendencia no sería suya. Sucedía que cuando se unía con la esposa de su hermano, vertía en tierra, a fin de no dar descendencia a su hermano.

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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.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Знав же Онан, що не йому буде насїннє, і як увіходив до братової жінки, проливав сїмє на землю, щоб не дати насїння братові свойму.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Знав же Онан, що не йому буде насїннє, і як увіходив до братової жінки, проливав сїмє на землю, щоб не дати насїння братові свойму.

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

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