Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"You are not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife. She's the nakedness of your brother.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Holman Bible
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Amplified
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
Bible in Basic English
You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.
Darby Translation
The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Julia Smith Translation
The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou shalt not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
King James 2000
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You must not expose the nakedness of your brother's wife; she [is] your brother's nakedness.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife. It is your brother's nakedness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not unhele the privity of thy brother's wife, for that is thy brother's privity.
NET Bible
You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
The Emphasized Bible
The shame of thy brother's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - the shame of thy brother, it is.
Webster
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
World English Bible
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
Youngs Literal Translation
The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Incest
Copulation » Forbidden between persons near of kin
Topics
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Galah
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
15 "You are not to expose the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She's the wife of your son. You are not to have sexual relations with her. 16 "You are not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife. She's the nakedness of your brother. 17 "You are not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter. "You are not to have sexual relations with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They're near blood relatives. It's wickedness.
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 20:21
"If a man takes his brother's wife, it's immoral. He has exposed his brother's nakedness. They'll be childless."
Deuteronomy 25:5
"When two brothers are living together and one of them dies without leaving a son, his widow must not be married outside the family to a foreigner. Instead, the brother-in-law must go to her, take her as his wife, and by doing so perform the duty of a brother-in-law.
Matthew 22:24
"Teacher, Moses said, "If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for his brother.'
Mark 12:19
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, he should marry the widow and have children for his brother.
Matthew 14:3-4
Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Mark 6:17
because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.
Luke 3:19
Now Herod the tetrarch had been rebuked by John because he had married his brother's wife Herodias and because of all of the other evil things Herod had done.