Deuteronomy 22:30
“¶ A man shall not take his fathers wife, nor discouer his fathers skirt.”
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Deuteronomy 22:30 Context
28¶ If a man finde a damosel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found: 29Then the man that lay with her, shall giue vnto the damosels father fifty shekels of siluer, and she shalbe his wife, because he hath humbled her: he may not put her away all his dayes. 30¶ A man shall not take his fathers wife, nor discouer his fathers skirt.
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Other Translations for Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
- King James Version
"A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.
- Basic English Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
- Darby Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
- Webster's Bible
A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- World English Bible
`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(23:1) A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 22:30
22:30 Take - To wife. So this respects the state, and the next branch speaks of the act only.