Deuteronomy 22:30 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
`A man doth not take his father`s wife, nor uncover his father`s skirt.
English ASV
A man shall not take his fathers wife, and shall not uncover his fathers skirt.
English Amplified
A man shall not take his father's former wife, nor shall he uncover her who belongs to his father.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A man shall not take his father's former wife, nor shall he uncover her who belongs to his father.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
“A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not violate his father’s marriage bed.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
English EASY 2024
A man must not marry a woman who was his father's wife. That would bring shame on his father.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"A man must not bring shame to his father by marrying his father's wife.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
“No man is to disgrace his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives.
English God's Word - GW 1995
A man must never marry his father's wife because this would disgrace his father.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
"A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not violate his father's marriage bed.
English KJV 1611
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
English LSB
“A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A man must not marry his father’s wife and in this way dishonor his father.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
(23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A man must not get married to his stepmother. He must not bring shame on his father by having sex with her.
English NIV
A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not dishonor his father's bed.
English NKJ 1982
“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.
English NLT
"A man must not have intercourse with his father's wife, for this would violate his father.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
A man shall not marry his father's wife, thereby violating his father's rights.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“A man shall not take his father's wife, nor shall he uncover her who is his father's.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A man shall not sleep with his father's widow since she belonged to his father.
English Tyndale 1537
No man shall take his father's wife, nor unhele his father's covering.