Deuteronomy 22:30
Modern Translations
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 in marriage, so that he does not uncover his father’s garment.

NASB 1995
"A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt.

NASB 1977
“A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

Amplified Bible
“A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not expose his father’s wife.

Christian Standard Bible
“A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.

Holman 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A man must never marry his father's wife because this would disgrace his father.

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.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

New King James Version
“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.

King James 2000 Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

New Heart English Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

World English Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

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.

A Faithful Version
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt."

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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
No man shal take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
No man shall take his fathers wife, nor vnheale his fathers couering.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Noma shal take his fathers wife, ner vncouer his fathers couerynge.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
No man shall take his fathers wife, nor vnheale his fathers couerynge.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A man does not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s skirt.”

Young's Literal Translation
'A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

Smith's Literal Translation
A man shall not take his father's wife and shall not uncover his father's wing.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.

Catholic Public Domain Version
No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove her covering.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A man shall not take the wife of his father and shall not lay open the skirt of his father.”

Lamsa Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover the skirt of his father's wife.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
















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