Leviticus 20:21
Parallel Translations


NASB: 'If [there is] a man who takes his brother's wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They will be childless. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: Whoever marries his brother's wife violates his brother's marriage and does an unclean thing. That man and woman will have no children. (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
ASV: And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
BBE: And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
DBY: And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.
JPS: And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
WBS: And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
WEB: "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
YLT: 'And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it [is] impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

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