Verse 16

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors hustru; det er din brors nakenhet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors hustru. Det er din brors nakenhet.

• Norsk King James

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors kone; for det gjelder din brors nakenhet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke avdekke din brors kones nakenhet; det er din brors nakenhet.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal ikke avdekke din brors kones nakenhet; det er din brors nakenhet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal ikke avdekke din brors kones nakenhet; det er din brors nakenhet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors kone; det er din brors nakenhet.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Du skal ikke avdekke din brors kones nakenhet; det er din brors nakenhet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Din brors hustrus nakenhet skal du ikke avdekke; for det er din brors nakenhet.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors kone; det er din brors nakenhet.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke blotte din Broders Hustrues Blusel; det er din Broders Blusel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors kone, for det er din brors nakenhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  «Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors kone: det er din brors nakenhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til din brors hustru. Det er din brors nakenhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Din brors kones nakenhet skal du ikke avdekke: det er din brors nakenhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Dere skal ikke ha seksuelle forhold med deres brors kone, for hun er deres brors.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers preuyte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy brothers wife, for it is thy brothers preuytie.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers nakednesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 20:21 : 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.
• Deut 25:5 : 5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
• Matt 22:24 : 24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
• Mark 12:19 : 19 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife and no children, his brother should marry the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
• Luke 3:19 : 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
• Mark 6:17 : 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
• Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.