Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not dishonor his father's bed. New Living Translation "A man must not marry his father's former wife, for this would violate his father. English Standard Version “A man shall not take his father’s wife, so that he does not uncover his father’s nakedness. Berean Study Bible A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed. New American Standard Bible "A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt. King James Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. Christian Standard Bible "A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not violate his father's marriage bed. Contemporary English Version A man must not marry a woman who was married to his father. This would be a disgrace to his father. Good News Translation "No man is to disgrace his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not violate his father's marriage bed." International Standard Version "A man must not marry his father's wife, so that he will not dishonor his father's memory." NET Bible A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father. New Heart English Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. GOD'S WORD® Translation A man must never marry his father's wife because this would disgrace his father. JPS Tanakh 1917 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. New American Standard 1977 “A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he shall not uncover his father’s skirt. Jubilee Bible 2000 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. King James 2000 Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed. American King James Version A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. American Standard Version A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. Douay-Rheims Bible No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering. Darby Bible Translation A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. English Revised Version A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. Webster's Bible Translation A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. World English Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. Young's Literal Translation 'A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. Study Bible Marriage Violations…29the man who raped her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. 30A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed. Cross References 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. Leviticus 18:8 You must not have sexual relations with your father's wife; it would dishonor your father. Leviticus 20:11 If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Deuteronomy 22:29 the man who raped her must pay the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. Deuteronomy 27:20 Cursed is he who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Treasury of Scripture A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. a man shall This is to be understood as referring to the case of a stepmother. A man in his old age may have married a young woman, and on his dying, his son by another, or a former wife, may desire to espouse her; which is forbidden. Leviticus 27:20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field … Leviticus 18:8 The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is … Leviticus 20:11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's … 1 Corinthians 5:1,13 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and … discover Ruth 3:9 And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: … Ezekiel 16:8 Now when I passed by you, and looked on you, behold, your time was … Verse 30. - To these is appended a general prohibition of incestuous connections, the first provision in the earlier law being cited as a sort of index to the whole (Leviticus 18:7, etc.). A man shall not take his father's wife,.... Not marry her, whether his own mother, or a stepmother; or even, as Aben Ezra thinks, anyone that was deflowered by his father. Jarchi interprets it of his father's brother's wife, which he was obliged to marry by virtue of the law in Deuteronomy 25:5. nor discover his father's skirt; or lie with her his father had thrown his skirt over, or married; and which being the first, is mentioned here as a sample to all the rest forbidden Leviticus 18:7 or, as Bishop Patrick expresses it, is a "short memorandum", to make them careful to observe all the other laws respecting incestuous marriages and copulations there delivered. 22:13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul. 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