Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
KJV
Maledictus qui dormit cum uxore patris sui, et revelat operimentum lectuli ejus : et dicet omnis populus : Amen.
Vulgate
Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ κοιμώμενος μετὰ γυναικὸς ἐκ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἀπεκάλυψεν συνκάλυμμα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐροῦσιν πᾶς ὁ λαός Γένοιτο.
LXX
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, because he hath uncovered his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
ASV
אָר֗וּר שֹׁכֵב֙ עִם אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֔י/ו כִּ֥י גִלָּ֖ה כְּנַ֣ף אָבִ֑י/ו וְ/אָמַ֥ר כָּל הָ/עָ֖ם אָמֵֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- 1Cor 5:1 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- Deut 22:30 — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
- Deut 22:30 — A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
- Gen 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
- Lev 18:8 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- Lev 18:8 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- Lev 20:11 — And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Lev 20:11 — And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.