Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. 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 sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. 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 sister, the daughter of his father or mother.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who lays with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his [half] sister, whether his father’s or his mother’s daughter.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed he lying with his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, whether she be the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that lieth with his sister, daughter of his father or daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- 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
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 27:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it. 22 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it. 23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:9
You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
Leviticus 20:17
And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.
Ezekiel 22:11
And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
2 Samuel 13:1
Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.
2 Samuel 13:8-14
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire.