Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Holman Bible
If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.
International Standard Version
"If a man takes his brother's wife, it's immoral. He has exposed his brother's nakedness. They'll be childless."
A Conservative Version
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
American Standard Version
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Amplified
If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is a hated and unclean thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.
Bible in Basic English
And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
Darby Translation
And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.
Julia Smith Translation
And a man who shall take his brother's wife, it is uncleanness: he uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall die childless.
King James 2000
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As for a man who marries his brother's wife, it [is] an abomination; he has exposed his brother's nakedness--they shall be childless.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing; he hath uncovered his brother's privities, they shall be childless therefore.
NET Bible
If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother's wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother's nakedness; they will be childless.
New Heart English Bible
"'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
The Emphasized Bible
And, any man, who taketh his brother's wife, impurity, it is, - the shame of his brother, hath he uncovered - childless, shall they remain.
Webster
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
World English Bible
"'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
Topics
Interlinear
Laqach
'ach
אח
'ach
brethren, brother, another, brotherly, kindred, like, another, other
Usage: 629
Niddah
Galah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Family And Sexual Offenses
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin. They shall die childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. 22 You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and do them, so that the land where I bring you to live shall not spit you out.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:16
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife. It is your brother's nakedness.
Matthew 14:3-4
For Herod had laid hold on John, and had bound him, and had put him in prison because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife.