Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Holman Bible
If a man marries a woman and her mother,
International Standard Version
"If a man takes a wife along with her mother, that's wickedness. They are to be burned with fire that is, both him and them, so that there will be no wickedness in your midst.
A Conservative Version
And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burnt with fire, both he and they, that there be no wickedness among you.
American Standard Version
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Amplified
It is immoral and shameful if a man marries a woman and her mother; all three shall be burned in fire, so that there will be no immorality among you.
Darby Translation
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is infamy: they shall burn him and them with fire, that there be no infamy among you.
Julia Smith Translation
A man who shall take a woman and her mother, it wickedness: in fire they shall be burnt, he and they: and there shall not be wickedness in the midst of you.
King James 2000
And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'As for a man who marries a woman and her mother, that [is] depravity; they shall burn him and them, so that it shall not become depravity in the midst of you [all].
Modern King James verseion
And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, so that there may be no wickedness among you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man take a wife and her mother thereto, it is wickedness. Men shall burn with fire both him and them, that there be no wickedness among you.
NET Bible
If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
New Heart English Bible
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
The Emphasized Bible
And, any man, who taketh a woman and her mother, wickedness, it is, - in fire, shall both he and they be consumed, that wickedness be not in your midst.
Webster
And if a man shall take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they: that there be no wickedness among you.
World English Bible
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
Themes
Daughter » Forbidden to be wife of her mother's husband
Mother-in-law » Not to be defiled
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Incest
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
Zimmah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 20:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Family And Sexual Offenses
13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them. 14 And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you. 15 And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 18:17
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.
Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.
Leviticus 21:9
And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.
Joshua 7:15
Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.
Joshua 7:25
And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.
Amos 2:7
Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name: