Leviticus 20:14 Parallel Translations

When a man marries a woman and her mother, they have done a perverted thing. The man and the two women must be burned. Never do this perverted thing.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

ASV:

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

BBE:

And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

DBY:

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is infamy: they shall burn him and them with fire, that there be no infamy among you.

ERV:

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

JPS:

And if a man take with his wife also her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

WBS:

And if a man shall take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they: that there be no wickedness among you.

WEB:

"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

YLT:

And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.

Leviticus 20:14 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 18:17 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness.

Deuteronomy 27:23 'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, {f} it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
(f) It is an abominable and detestable thing.

WES:

20:14 They - All who consented to it.

MHC:

20:10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.

CONC:

Act Burn Burned Burnt Fire Immorality Infamy Marries Midst Shame Takes Taketh Wicked Wickedness Wife

Act Burn Burned Burnt Fire Immorality Infamy Marries Midst Mother Shame Wicked Wickedness Wife

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