The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.
WEB
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
YLT
`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.
DBT
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father'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)