Curses Pronounced from Ebal
Deuteronomy 27:23
In 11 translations
- BSB
- ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- KJV
- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- WEB
- ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- ASV
- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- LSV
- “Cursed [is] he who is lying with his mother-in-law.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
- YLT
- 'Cursed [is] he who is lying with his mother-in-law, — and all the people have said, Amen.
- DBY
- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law! And all the people shall say, Amen.
- DRC
- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law: and all the people shall say: Amen.
- GNV
- Cursed be he that lyeth with his mother in law: And all the people shall say: So be it.
- JPS
- Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.
- LXXE
- Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אָר֕וּר שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־חֹֽתַנְתּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ κοιμώμενος μετὰ νύμφης αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαός, γένοιτο· ἐπικατάρατος ὁ κοιμώμενος μετὰ τῆς ἀδελφῆς τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, γένοιτο.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AmenResponsive Religious ServiceGerizimMother-in-LawCurseIncestMosesRewardApostasy; ApostateInstruction
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 20:14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 18:17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).