18|'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.


In Context

15 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

16 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

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.

18 |'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

19 |'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

20 |'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

Leviticus 18:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her,] to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:18" 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:18And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life-time.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.