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


In Context

18 |'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.

20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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

22 |'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.

23 You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did 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 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 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.