Leviticus 18:7
The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
The nakedness{H6172} of thy father,{H1} even the nakedness{H6172} of thy mother,{H517} shalt thou not uncover:{H1540} she is thy mother;{H517} thou shalt not uncover{H1540} her nakedness.{H6172}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
The nakedness{H6172} of thy father{H1}, or the nakedness{H6172} of thy mother{H517}, shalt thou not uncover{H1540}{(H8762)}: she is thy mother{H517}; thou shalt not uncover{H1540}{(H8762)} her nakedness{H6172}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
The secrettes of thy father and thy mother, se thou vnheale not: she is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not vncouer ye preuytie of yi father & of yi mother. It is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy father, nor the shame of thy mother: for she is thy mother, thou shalt not discouer her shame.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
The nakednesse of thy father, & the nakednesse of thy mother shalt thou not vncouer, for she is thy mother: therfore shalt thou not discouer her nakednesse.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"'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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she `is' thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
American Standard Version (1901)
The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
American Standard Version (1901)
The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.
World English Bible (2000)
"'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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
Referenced Verses
- Lev 20:11 : 11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Ezek 22:10 : 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity.
- Lev 18:8-9 : 8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness. 11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman. 13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman. 14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt. 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.
- Lev 20:14 : 14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lev 18:8-2215 verses91%
8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.
10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
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, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.
19 Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.
- 88%
6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- Lev 20:17-215 verses87%
17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister, for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And 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.
- 81%
30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses75%
10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity.
11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- 75%
11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- 74%
26 Nor shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.
- 74%
29 Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to become a whore; lest the land become full of whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- 73%
20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- 72%
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake the law of your mother:
- 72%
14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
- 71%
11 Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
- 71%
22 Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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3 You shall respect every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
- 70%
12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
- 70%
22 Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
- 70%
8 My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother;
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2 But for his relative who is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
- 70%
19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
- 70%
18 Neither shall you commit adultery.
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26 He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.
- 70%
9 For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- 70%
14 You shall not commit adultery.
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2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
- 70%
45 You are your mother's daughter, that loathes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathe their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
- 70%
11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
- 70%
23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, went backward, and covered their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness.
- 69%
16 And you take their daughters for your sons, and their daughters go whoring after their gods, and make your sons go whoring after their gods.
- 69%
1 It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.
- 69%
22 And in all your abominations and your whoredoms you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare, and were polluted in your blood.