Verse List for LEV 18:18

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t take your wife’s sister to be a junior wife while your wife is still alive.

OET-LV and_a _woman to sister _of_her not you _will _take to_make_her_a _rival _wife to_uncover nakedness _of_her on/upon_it(f) in_life _of_her.

ULT And a woman to her sister, you shall not take to be a concubine to uncover her nakedness on her in her life.

UST No one should attempt to marry his wife’s sister so that he can have sexual relations with her while his wife is still living. To do so would only make his sister-in-law a concubine and rival wife.

BSB & MSB You must not take your wife ’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEBBE & WMBB “‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

NET You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

LSV And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

FBV Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other.

T4T “While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.

LEB And you must not take as wife[fn] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her _⌊during_⌋[fn] her life.

BBE And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

Moff No Moff LEV book available

JPS And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.

ASV And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

DRA Thou shalt not take thy wife’s sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

YLT 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

Drby And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

RV And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
(And thou/you shalt/shall not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.)

SLT And a wife to her sister thou shalt not take to press to uncover her nakedness with her, in her living.

Wbstr Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her , to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life -time .

KJB-1769 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.[fn]
(Neither shalt/shall thou/you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.)

KJB-1611 Neither shalt thou take a wife [fn]to her sister, to vexe her, to vncouer her nakednes besides the other, in her life time.
(Neither shalt/shall thou/you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other, in her life time.)

Bshps Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe tyme.
(Thou/You shalt/shall not take a wife and her sister also, to vex her, that thou/you wouldest uncover her nakedness upon her in her life time.)

Gnva Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.
(Also thou/you shalt/shall not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vex her, in uncovering her shame upon her.)

Cvdl Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet alyue.
(Thou/You shalt/shall not take a wife and her sister also, to uncover her preuytie, while she is yet alive.)

Wycl Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijf, in to concubynage of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hir, while thi wijf lyueth yit.
(Thou/You shalt/shall not take the sister of thy/your wife, in to concubynage of her, neither thou/you shalt/shall show the filth of her, while thy/your wife liveth/lives yit.)

Luth Du sollst auch deines Weibes Schwester nicht nehmen neben ihr, ihre Scham zu blößen, ihr zuwider, weil sie noch lebet.
(You(sg) should also your(s) woman sister not take next_to you(pl)/their/her, their/her shame(n) to/for expose, you(pl)/their/her contrary, because they/she/them still lives.)

ClVg Sororem uxoris tuæ in pellicatum illius non accipies, nec revelabis turpitudinem ejus adhuc illa vivente.[fn]
(Sisterem wife’s yours in/into/on pellicatum of_that not/no you_will_receive, but_not you_will_reveal ugliness his/her still that while_alive.)

UHB וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֥ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֖⁠הּ לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח לִ⁠צְרֹ֗ר לְ⁠גַלּ֧וֹת עֶרְוָתָ֛⁠הּ עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ בְּ⁠חַיֶּֽי⁠הָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Γυναῖκα ἐπʼ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆς οὐ λήψῃ ἀντίζηλον ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς ἐπʼ αὐτῇ, ἔτι ζώσης αὐτῆς.

BrTr Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.