Verse 18

Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Du skal ikke gifte deg med din hustrus søster for å skape rivalisering og avdekke hennes nakenhet mens din hustru fortsatt lever.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne i tillegg til hennes søster for å konkurrere med henne, eller avdekke hennes nakenhet mens den første kvinnen ennå lever.

• Norsk King James

  Og du skal ikke ta en kvinne og gjøre hennes søster til en rival, ved å avdekke nakenheten hennes mens den andre fortsatt lever.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne i tillegg til hennes søster for å provosere henne, ved å avdekke hennes nakenhet mens den andre lever.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne og hennes søster for å gjøre den ene til medhustru ved siden av den andre, mens hun ennå lever, for å avdekke hennes nakenhet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Du skal ikke ta en kone i tillegg til hennes søster for å gjøre henne til en rival ved å avdekke hennes nakenhet mens den andre lever.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Du skal heller ikke gifte en kvinne med hennes søster, for å plage henne eller å avdekke hennes nakenhet mens hun ennå lever.

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

  Du skal ikke ta en kone i tillegg til hennes søster for å gjøre henne til en rival ved å avdekke hennes nakenhet mens den andre lever.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne til din hustru og hennes søster som rival, for å avdekke hennes nakenhet mens den første er i live.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og du skal ikke ta en kvinne i tillegg til hennes søster for å gjøre henne til en rival og avdekke hennes nakenhet mens søsteren ennå lever.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og du skal ikke tage en Hustru tilligemed hendes Søster, hende til Krænkelse, at blotte hendes Blusel foruden hende, medens hun lever.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne som søster for å forstyrre henne, mens den andre er i live, for å avdekke hennes nakenhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  «Du skal ikke ta en kone til hennes søster, for å bli en rival, og avdekke hennes nakenhet mens hennes søster ennå lever.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne for å være en rival til din hustru ved å avdekke hennes nakenhet ved siden av henne så lenge hun lever.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Du skal ikke ta en kvinne som søster for å vekke rivalisering, til å avdekke hennes nakenhet ved siden av den andre i hennes levetid.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og dere skal ikke ta som kone en kvinne og samtidig hennes søster, for å være i konkurranse med henne i hennes levetid.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister thereto, to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet alyue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe tyme.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual relations with her.

Referenced Verses

• Gen 4:19 : 19 And Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
• Gen 29:28 : 28 And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife also.
• Gen 30:15 : 15 She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Would you also take away my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "Therefore, he shall lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes."
• Exod 26:3 : 3 The five curtains shall be coupled together to one another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.
• 1 Sam 1:6-8 : 6 And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her fret, because the LORD had closed her womb. 7 And so he did year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore Hannah wept and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why do you weep? and why do you not eat? and why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?
• Mal 2:15 : 15 And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.