Deuteronomy 27:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Cursed `is' he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 22:30 : 30 `A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 `The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it `is' the nakedness of thy father.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 `And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood `is' on them.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 Whoredom is actually heard of among you, and such whoredom as is not even named among the nations -- as that one hath the wife of the father! --
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.
  • Gen 49:4 : 4 Unstable as water, thou art not abundant; For thou hast gone up thy father's bed; Then thou hast polluted: My couch he went up!
  • 2 Sam 16:22 : 22 And they spread out for Absalom the tent on the roof, and Absalom goeth in unto the concubines of his father before the eyes of all Israel.
  • 1 Chr 5:1 : 1 As to sons of Reuben, first-born of Israel -- for he `is' the first-born, and on account of his profaning the couch of his father hath his birthright been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and `he is' not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright,
  • Ezek 22:10 : 10 The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.
  • Amos 2:7 : 7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 88%

    21 `Cursed `is' he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    22 `Cursed `is' he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    23 `Cursed `is' he who is lying with his mother-in-law, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    24 `Cursed `is' he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    25 `Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    26 `Cursed `is' he who doth not establish the words of this law, to do them, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • 84%

    15 `Cursed `is' the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put `it' in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

    16 `Cursed `is' He who is making light of his father and his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    17 `Cursed `is' he who is removing his neighbour's border, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    18 `Cursed `is' he who is causing the blind to err in the way, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

    19 `Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Lev 20:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9 `For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

    10 `And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.

    11 `And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood `is' on them.

    12 `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.

    13 `And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood `is' on them.

    14 `And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it `is' wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.

  • 30 `A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    6 `None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I `am' Jehovah.

    7 `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.

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

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    76%

    17 `And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.

    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.

  • 75%

    10 The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.

    11 And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.

  • Lev 18:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 `The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she `is' thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

    12 `The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she `is' a relation of thy father.

  • Lev 18:14-17
    4 verses
    73%

    14 `The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she `is' thine aunt.

    15 `The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she `is' thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

    16 `The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it `is' thy brother's nakedness.

    17 `The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they `are' her relations; it `is' wickedness.

  • Lev 18:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19 `And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

    20 `And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

  • 20 `And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she `is' not free.

  • 21 (then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman) -- Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse, in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell,

  • 7 Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.

  • 18 `Cursed `is' the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, increase of thine oxen, and wealth of thy flock.

  • 17 `And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

  • 11 For it `is' a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;

  • 22 `And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it `is'.

  • 11 A generation `is', that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

  • 20 Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

  • 13 and a man hath lain with her `with' the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,

  • 27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled),

  • 15 `And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin;