Leviticus 18:18

In 11 translations

BSB

You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

KJV

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.a wife…: or, one wife to another

WEB

“‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

ASV

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

LSV

And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

YLT

'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

DBY

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

DRC

Thou shalt not take thy wife’s sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

GNV

Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

JPS

And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.

LXXE

Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאִשָּׁ֥ה אֶל־אֲחֹתָ֖הּ לֹ֣א תִקָּ֑ח לִצְרֹ֗ר לְגַלּ֧וֹת עֶרְוָתָ֛הּ עָלֶ֖יהָ בְּחַיֶּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Γυναῖκα ἐπʼ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆς οὐ λήψῃ ἀντίζηλον ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς ἐπʼ αὐτῇ, ἔτι ζώσης αὐτῆς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 29:28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
• Genesis 30:15But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
• Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
• Genesis 4:19And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
• 1 Samuel 1:6–8Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously. And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept…
• Exodus 26:3Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.

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