Deuteronomy 22:30
What does Deuteronomy 22:30 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 22:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
Context
v.29then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1
It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13
But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.
- Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord Jehovah, and thou becamest mine.
- Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.
- Deuteronomy 27:20
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.
- Leviticus 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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