‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Parallel Translations
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‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 27:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 20:14 “ ‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.
- Leviticus 18:17 “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, his wife’s mother.
Meaning, his wife’s mother.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in…
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law,.... See Lev 18:7. All these incestuous or brutal copulations may well be supposed to be done in secret:
and all the people shall say Amen; as abhorring such incest.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Mother. Some copies of the Septuagint have "daughter-in-law;" and…
Mother. Some copies of the Septuagint have "daughter-in-law;" and some Latin manuscripts add, "Cursed is he who sleepeth with his neighbour’s wife; and all the people shall say, Amen." (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. Cp. H, Lev_18:17; Lev_20:14.
23. Cp. H, Lev_18:17; Lev_20:14.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.