Deuteronomy 22:30 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A man shall not take his father's former wife, nor shall he uncover her who belongs to his father. American Standard Version (1901) A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt. Common English Bible A man cannot marry his father’s former wife so that his father’s private matters are not exposed. Catholic Public Domain Version No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove her covering." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering. |
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 God, and thou becamest mine.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
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.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
then 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.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.