Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
You are not to have sexual intercourse with
New American Standard Bible
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.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Lying with a woman in her menses
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Adultery
Adultery » Not committing adultery
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Zera`
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
19
“You are not to come near
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 20:14
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery
Matthew 5:27-28
1 Corinthians 6:9
Don’t you know that the unrighteous
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
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,
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
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
Proverbs 6:29-33
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.
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: