LEV 18:8 Parallel Verse View

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ULT The nakedness of the wife of your father you must not uncover. It is the nakedness of your father.

UST Do not sleep with any of your father’s other wives, because that would disgrace your father.

BSB § You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

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

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

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

FBV Don't have sex with any of your father's wives and shame your father.

T4T “Do not have sex with any of your father’s other wives, because that would disgrace your father.

LEB You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness.

BBE And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

MOF No MOF LEV book available

JPS The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

ASV The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.

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

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

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

RV The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

WBS The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

KJB The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
(The nakedness of thy/your father’s wife shalt thou/you not uncover: it is thy/your father’s nakedness. )

BB The nakednesse of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers nakednesse.
(The nakednesse of thy/your fathers wife shalt thou/you not discouer: for it is thy/your fathers nakednesse.)

GNV The shame of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer: for it is thy fathers shame.
(The shame of thy/your fathers wife shalt thou/you not discouer: for it is thy/your fathers shame. )

CB Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi fathers wife, for it is yi fathers preuytie.
(Thou shalt not uncouer ye/you_all preuytie of yi fathers wife, for it is yi fathers preuytie.)

WYC Thou schalt not vnhile the filthe of the wijf of thi fadir, for it is the filthe of thi fadir.
(Thou shalt not unhile the filthe of the wife of thy/your father, for it is the filthe of thy/your father.)

LUT Du sollst deines Vaters Weibes Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deines Vaters Scham.
(You should deines Vaters Weibes Scham not blößen; because it is deines Vaters Scham.)

CLV Turpitudinem uxoris patris tui non discooperies: turpitudo enim patris tui est.
(Turpitudinem uxoris patris yours not/no discooperies: turpitudo because patris yours est. )

BRN Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife; it is thy father's nakedness.

BrLXX Ἀσχημοσύνην γυναικὸς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις, ἀσχημοσύνη πατρός σου ἐστίν.
(Asⱪaʸmosunaʸn gunaikos patros sou ouk apokalupseis, asⱪaʸmosunaʸ patros 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 18:8