Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
International Standard Version
"Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because he has disgraced his father.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
A Conservative Version
Cursed be he who lays with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
American Standard Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Amplified
‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his father’s [former] wife, because he has
Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
Darby Translation
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Julia Smith Translation
Cursed he lying with his father's wife, for he uncovered his father's wing: and all the people said, Amen.
King James 2000
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'Cursed be the one who lies with the wife of his father, because {he has dishonored his father's bed}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Modern King James verseion
Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath opened his father's covering.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
NET Bible
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New Heart English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
The Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Webster
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
Youngs Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
Themes
Amen » A word used to reenforce a statement
Incest » Defined and forbidden
Law » Curses of, responsively read by levites and people at mount ebal and mount gerizim
Sexual activities » Those that commit incest
The word of God » The people stood and responded by saying, "amen,"
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 27:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
19
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:30
“A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.
Leviticus 18:8
You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;
Leviticus 20:11
If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father.
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality
Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.
Jacob had 12 sons:
Genesis 49:4
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he
2 Samuel 16:22
So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
1 Chronicles 5:1
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn,
Ezekiel 22:10
Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.
Amos 2:7
on the dust of the ground
and block the path of the needy.
A man and his father have sexual relations
with the same girl,
profaning My holy name.