‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Parallel translations
- KJV Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- BSB ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- NKJV ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
- NASB ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- NLT ‘Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Lev 20:14“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
- Lev 18:17“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
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