Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.

King James Version

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

International Standard Version

"You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her."

A Conservative Version

And thou shall not lay carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

Amplified

You shall not have intimate relations with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.

Bible in Basic English

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

Julia Smith Translation

To thy neighbor's wife thou shalt not give thy effusion of seed to be defiled with her.

King James 2000

Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And {you must not have sex} with your fellow citizen's wife, becoming unclean with her.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"'Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

NET Bible

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

New Heart English Bible

"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

The Emphasized Bible

And of the wife of thy neighbour, shalt thou not have carnal knowledge, - to commit uncleanness with her.

Webster

Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

World English Bible

"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Moreover thou shalt not
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

lie
שׁכבת 
Sh@kobeth 
lie
Usage: 4

זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

עמית 
`amiyth 
Usage: 12

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

to defile
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Laws Of Sexual Relations

19 “You are not to come near a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her. 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her. 21 “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.



Cross References

Exodus 20:14

Do not commit adultery.

Leviticus 20:10

If a man commits adultery with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

Matthew 5:27-28

“You have heard that it was said, Do not commit adultery.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality,

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

Deuteronomy 5:18

Do not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is discovered having sexual relations with another man’s wife, both the man who had sex with the woman and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

Deuteronomy 22:25

But if the man encounters an engaged woman in the open country, and he seizes and rapes her, only the man who raped her must die.

2 Samuel 11:3-4

So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he reported, “This is Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:27

When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.

Proverbs 6:25

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

Proverbs 6:29-33

So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

Romans 2:22

You who say, “You must not commit adultery”—do you commit adultery? You who detest idols, do you rob their temples?

Galatians 5:19

Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, moral impurity, promiscuity,

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