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


In Context

18 And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, — even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people.

19 'And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear.

20 'And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die.

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

22 'And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it;

23 and ye walk not in the statutes of the nation which I am sending away from before you, for all these they have done, and I am wearied with 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 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 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.