Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

King James Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Holman Bible

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.

International Standard Version

"You are not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife. She's the nakedness of your brother.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Amplified

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

Bible in Basic English

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

Darby Translation

The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Julia Smith Translation

The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou shalt not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

King James 2000

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You must not expose the nakedness of your brother's wife; she [is] your brother's nakedness.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife. It is your brother's nakedness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thou shalt not unhele the privity of thy brother's wife, for that is thy brother's privity.

NET Bible

You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.

New Heart English Bible

"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

The Emphasized Bible

The shame of thy brother's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - the shame of thy brother, it is.

Webster

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

World English Bible

"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not uncover
גּלה 
Galah 
Usage: 188

the nakedness
ערוה 
`ervah 
Usage: 54

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

it is thy brother's
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

Laws Of Sexual Relations

15 The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. 16 The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness. 17 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness.



Cross References

Leviticus 20:21

And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

Deuteronomy 25:5

'When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;

Matthew 22:24

'Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.

Mark 12:19

'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

Matthew 14:3-4

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

Mark 6:17

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

Luke 3:19

and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

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