Leviticus 20:11
What does Leviticus 20:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 20:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And a man who lieth with his father's wife--the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered--both of them are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Context
v.10And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
v.11This passage
v.12And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Amos 2:7
they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:
- Leviticus 18:7
The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her 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.
- 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.
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