Deuteronomy 22:30 “A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor…”

Deuteronomy 22:30

A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

World English Bible

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

American Standard Version

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

Geneva Bible 1599

No man shall take his fathers wife, nor shall vncouer his fathers skirt.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

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Cross references

“A man in his old age may have married a young woman, and on his dying, his son by another, or a former wife, may desire to espouse her; which is here forbidden”

Deuteronomy 27:20 Leviticus 18:8 1 Corinthians 5:1 Leviticus 20:11 1 Corinthians 5:13

Deuteronomy 27:20 · BSB

‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Leviticus 18:8 · BSB

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

1 Corinthians 5:1 · BSB

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

Leviticus 20:11 · BSB

If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

1 Corinthians 5:13 · BSB

God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

“discover”

Ruth 3:9 Ezekiel 16:8

Ruth 3:9 · BSB

“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, for you are a kinsman-redeemer. ”

Ezekiel 16:8 · BSB

Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares th…

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In context

29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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