LEV 18:16 Parallel View

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ULT The nakedness of your brother’s wife you must not uncover. That is your brother’s nakedness.

UST Do not sleep with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.

BSB § You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEB “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.

NET You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

LSV You do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it [is] your brother’s nakedness.

FBV Don't have sex with your brother's wife and bring shame on your brother.

T4T “Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother.

LEB You must not expose the nakedness of your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

BBE You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

MOF No MOF LEV book available

JPS Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

ASV Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

DRA Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother.

YLT 'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

DBY The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

RV Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

WBS Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

KJB Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
(Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy/your brother’s wife: it is thy/your brother’s nakedness. )

BB Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers nakednesse.
(Thou shalt not uncouer the nakednesse of thy/your brothers wife, for that is thy/your brothers nakednesse.)

GNV Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.
(Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy/your brothers wife. for it is thy/your brothers shame. )

CB Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers preuytie.
(Thou shalt not uncouer the preuytie of thy/your brothers wife, for it is thy/your brothers preuytie.)

WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of `the wijf of thi brother, for it is the filthe of thi brothir.
(Thou shalt not show the filthe of `the wife of thy/your brother, for it is the filthe of thy/your brothir.)

LUT Du sollst deines Bruders Weibes Scham nicht blößen; denn sie ist deines Bruders Scham.
(You should deines brothers Weibes Scham not blößen; because they/she/them is deines brothers Scham.)

CLV Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis: quia turpitudo fratris tui est.[fn]
(Turpitudinem uxoris fratris yours not/no revelabis: because turpitudo fratris yours est.)

18.16 Turpitudinem uxoris fratris, etc. In matre concupiscentia, actio intelligitur in filia, in nepte mors. Concupiscentia enim parit peccatum, peccatum mortem Jac. 1., vel aliud peccatum; sicut David ex concupiscentia adulteravit, et pro adulterio occidit.

18.16 Turpitudinem uxoris fratris, etc. In matre concupiscentia, actio intelligitur in daughter, in nepte mors. Concupiscentia because parit peccatum, peccatum mortem Yac. 1., or aliud peccatum; like David ex concupiscentia adulteravit, and pro adulterio occidit.

BRN Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

BrLXX Ἀσχημοσύνην γυναικὸς ἀδελφοῦ σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις, ἀσχημοσύνη ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐστίν.
(Asⱪaʸmosunaʸn gunaikos adelfou sou ouk apokalupseis, asⱪaʸmosunaʸ adelfou sou estin. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Family, Community, and Sexual Sin

In Israel, the family was the basic building block for the solidarity of the entire people. Each of the twelve tribes was a conglomeration of families and clans. The twelve tribes together comprised the people of Israel as a whole. Although the level of solidarity might decrease at a distance from one’s immediate family, this familial notion permeated all of Israelite society. A kinsman was often called a brother, not just a relative, to express the close intimacy. By extension of the family model, the term often translated “brother” could also be used of a fellow Israelite (see Deut 1:16, “fellow Israelites”; Deut 3:18, “Israelite relatives”).

Since Israel was seen as an extended family, its existence depended on the integrity of the home. Crimes such as incest and adultery were punished very severely because they weakened the foundation of the family. Incest introduced competition, threatening the safety of the home by violating the trust, intimacy, and sense of belonging shared by its members. Adultery fragmented the home by allowing intimacy with someone outside it to divide the loyalties of its participants. These powerful enemies of family solidarity weakened the clan and tribe (see Lev 18:6-23) and, by extension, the solidarity of the nation itself.

Sexual sins—even those that are consensual—are not “victimless crimes” but sins that eventually threaten the community itself. The importance given in Old Testament law to such crimes is echoed in New Testament warnings against sexual immorality (see especially 1 Cor 5:1-2; 6:13-20; 7:2; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:3; Jude 1:7; Rev 2:14-16, 20).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 19:30-38; 49:3-4; Lev 18:6-30; 20:14, 21; 2 Sam 13:1-39; Matt 14:3-5; 1 Cor 5:1-2; 6:13-20; 7:2; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:3; Jude 1:7; Rev 2:14-16, 20

Parallel LEV 18:16