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Genesis 38:9 NASB: Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.
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so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/38.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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 <i>it</i> on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 Additional Translations ...</a></span></div><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/nkjv/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 NKJV</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9 KJV</a><br /><br /> <br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/38-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 38:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 38:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/38-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 38:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 38:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><br><br><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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