Leviticus 18:20

In 11 translations

BSB

You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

KJV

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

WEB

“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.

ASV

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

LSV

And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

YLT

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

DBY

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

DRC

Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour’s wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

GNV

Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.

JPS

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

LXXE

And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאֶל־אֵ֨שֶׁת֙ עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ לֹא־תִתֵּ֥ן שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖ לְזָ֑רַע לְטָמְאָה־בָֽהּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου οὐ δώσεις κοίτην σπέρματός σου, ἐκμιανθῆναι πρὸς αὐτήν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
• Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
• Matthew 5:27–28You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
• 2 Samuel 11:3–4So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with…
• Deuteronomy 5:18You shall not commit adultery.
• Galatians 5:19The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
• Romans 2:22You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
• Proverbs 6:29–33So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the…
• Malachi 3:5“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of…
• 2 Samuel 11:27And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 22:25But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

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