Leviticus 20:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion; their blood is upon them.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if a man{H376} lie{H7901} with his daughter-in-law,{H3618} both{H8147} of them shall surely{H4191} be put to death:{H4191} they have wrought{H6213} confusion;{H8397} their blood{H1818} shall be upon them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if a man{H376} lie{H7901}{(H8799)} with his daughter in law{H3618}, both{H8147} of them shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}: they have wrought{H6213}{(H8804)} confusion{H8397}; their blood{H1818} shall be upon them.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf a man lye with his doughter in lawe thei shall dye both of them: they haue wrought abhominacion, their bloud vpon their heedes.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Yf eny man lye wt his doughter in lawe, they shall dye both of them, for they have wrought abhominacion: their bloude be vpon them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Also the man that lyeth with his daughter in lawe, they both shall dye the death, they haue wrought abomination, their blood shalbe vpon them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If a man lye with his daughter in lawe, let them dye both of them: they haue wrought abhomination, their blood be vpon them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law -- both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood `is' on them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if a man has sex relations with his son's wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    If a man goes to bed with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:15 : 15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
  • Lev 18:23 : 23 Nor shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.
  • Deut 27:23 : 23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Gen 38:16 : 16 He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?
  • Gen 38:18 : 18 He said, What pledge shall I give you? She replied, Your signet, your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    88%

    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.

    10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    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.

  • Lev 20:13-21
    9 verses
    84%

    13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

    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.

    15 And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast.

    16 And if a woman approaches any beast and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

    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.

  • Lev 18:15
    74%

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

  • Deut 22:20-26
    7 verses
    73%

    20 But if this thing is true, and the evidence of virginity is not found for the young woman,

    21 Then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones so that she dies, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall you put away the evil from among you.

    22 If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel.

    23 If a young woman who is a virgin is betrothed to a husband, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her,

    24 Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die; the young woman because she did not cry out, being in the city; and the man because he has humbled his neighbor's wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

    25 But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

    26 But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is in the young woman no sin worthy of death; for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15 And he who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Gen 19:36
    71%

    36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

  • Lev 19:20
    71%

    20 And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Lev 18:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 27:20
    71%

    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.

  • Exod 21:17
    71%

    17 And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 18:17
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 27:22-23
    2 verses
    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.

    23 Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exod 21:12
    70%

    12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 22:30
    70%

    30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

  • Exod 22:19
    69%

    19 Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 30:16
    69%

    16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

  • Exod 21:31
    69%

    31 Whether it has gored a son or a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

  • Deut 17:5
    69%

    5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

    22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

  • Lev 24:17
    69%

    17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 20:4
    68%

    4 And if the people of the land hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and do not kill him,

  • Deut 24:16
    68%

    16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Lev 20:27
    68%

    27 A man or woman who has a familiar spirit, or who is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

  • Lev 18:22
    68%

    22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.

  • Num 31:17
    67%

    17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.