Leviticus 18:8

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

American King James Version (AKJV)

The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

American Standard Version (ASV)

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

Webster's Revision

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

World English Bible

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

English Revised Version (ERV)

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

Barnes's Leviticus 18:8 Bible Commentary

Compare the case of Reuben, Genesis 49:3-4. See 1 Corinthians 5:1.