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


In Context

5 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.

6 |'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.

7 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

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

9 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.

10 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.

Leviticus 18:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:8" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would dishonor your father.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:8Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.