Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
New American Standard Bible
You shall not
King James Version
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Holman Bible
You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.
International Standard Version
"You are not to marry a woman and then have sexual relations with her sister as a rival when your wife is still alive.
A Conservative Version
And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her , to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
Amplified
You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.
Julia Smith Translation
And a wife to her sister thou shalt not take to press to uncover her nakedness with her, in her living.
King James 2000
Neither shall you take as a wife her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you must not take [as wife] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her {during} her life.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not take a wife and her sister thereto, to vex her that thou wouldest open her privities as long as she liveth.
NET Bible
You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
The Emphasized Bible
And, a woman unto her sister, shalt thou not take, - to cause rivalry, by uncovering her shame besides her own while she is living.
Webster
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life-time.
World English Bible
"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Lying with a woman in her menses
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Incest
Interlinear
Laqach
Galah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
17 You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame. 18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time. 19 And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.
Cross References
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech had two wives; the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 29:28
And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.
Genesis 30:15
But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.
Exodus 26:3
Five curtains are to be joined together, and the other five are to be joined together.
1 Samuel 1:6-8
And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
Malachi 2:15
... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.