Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
International Standard Version
"Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because he has disgraced his father.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who lays with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his father’s [former] wife, because he has
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed he lying with his father's wife, for he uncovered his father's wing: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who lies with the wife of his father, because {he has dishonored his father's bed}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Incest » Defined and forbidden
Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
Sexual activities » Those that commit incest
The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it. 20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it. 21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:30
A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
Leviticus 18:8
And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.
Leviticus 20:11
And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.
Genesis 35:22
Now while they were living in that country, Reuben had connection with Bilhah, his father's servant-woman: and Israel had news of it.
Genesis 49:4
But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
2 Samuel 16:22
So they put up the tent for Absalom on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's women before the eyes of all Israel.
1 Chronicles 5:1
And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
Ezekiel 22:10
In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.
Amos 2:7
Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name: