You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
Leviticus 20:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless. Common English Bible If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is indecent. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; the man and the woman will be childless. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever will have married his brother's wife has done an unlawful thing; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They shall be without children. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that marrieth his brother's wife doth an unlawful thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness. They shall be without children. |
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.