Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
WEB
You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
YLT
`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.
DBT
The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)