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


In Context

18 " 'If a man lies with a woman during her monthly period and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them must be cut off from their people.

19 " 'Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.

20 " 'If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.

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

22 " 'Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out.

23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:21He that marrieth his brother's wife, doth an unlawful thing, he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be without children.

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.