21He that marrieth his brother's wife, doth an unlawful thing, he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be without children.


In Context

18 If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood, both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people.

19 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father: he that doth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh, both shall bear their iniquity.

20 If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin: they shall die without children.

21 He that marrieth his brother's wife, doth an unlawful thing, he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be without children.

22 Keep my laws and my judgments, and do them: lest the land into which you are to enter to dwell therein, vomit you also out.

23 Walk not after the laws of the nations, which I will cast out before you. For they have done all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

Leviticus 20:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:21" 'If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21|'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:21And a man who taketh his brother's wife — it is impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.