CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 18:18 Parallel: Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/leviticus/18-18.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/leviticus/18-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/leviticus/18-18.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > Leviticus 18:18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/18-17.htm" title="Leviticus 18:17">◄</a> Leviticus 18:18 <a href="../leviticus/18-19.htm" title="Leviticus 18:19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />"'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“While your wife is living, do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with her, for they would be rivals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />'You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And you shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister's lifetime." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do not take your wife's sister as one of your wives, as long as your wife is living. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />While your wife is living, never marry her sister as a rival wife and have sexual intercourse with her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You are not to marry a woman and then have sexual relations with her sister as a rival when your wife is still alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex <i>her</i>, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life <i>time</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/leviticus/18.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Neither shall you take as a wife her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/leviticus/18.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her , to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/leviticus/18.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Nor shall you take a woman along with her sister as wives, causing rivalry to uncover her nakedness during her lifetime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/leviticus/18.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life-time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/leviticus/18.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/leviticus/18.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe <FI>tyme<Fi>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/leviticus/18.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet alyue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/tyndale/leviticus/18.htm">Tyndale Bible of 1526</a></span><br />Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister thereto, to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And a wife to her sister thou shalt not take to press to uncover her nakedness with her, in her living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt not take thy wife's sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And do not take a woman with her sister and grieve her and expose her nakedness upon her in her life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall not take to wife a sister of your wife, to distress her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/leviticus/18.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: ṯiq·qāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">take</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: wə·’iš·šāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">your wife’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ’ă·ḥō·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: liṣ·rōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">as a rival wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540: lə·ḡal·lō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To uncover, remove. A primitive root; to denude; by implication, to exile; figuratively, to reveal.">and have sexual relations with her</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172: ‘er·wā·ṯāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Nakedness. From arah; nudity, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: bə·ḥay·ye·hā (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">while your wife is still alive.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/leviticus/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802. 'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- woman, wife, female">‘And a woman</a><a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413. 'el (ale) -- to, into, towards"> unto</a><a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269. 'achowth (aw-khoth') -- sister"> another</a><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not"> thou dost not</a><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947. laqach (law-kakh') -- to take"> take</a><a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887. tsarar (tsaw-rar') -- adversary">, to be an adversary</a><a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540. galah (gaw-law') -- to uncover, remove">, to uncover</a><a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172. ervah (er-vaw') -- nakedness"> her nakedness</a><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921. al (al) -- upon, above, over"> beside</a><a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416. chay (khah'-ee) -- age"> her, in her life.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="לֹא Pn 3808">You are not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="לקח vqi2ms 3947"> to marry</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="אִשָּׁה ncfsa 802"> a woman</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="צרר_3 vqc 6887"> a rival</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="אֶל Pp 413"> to</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="אָחֹות ncfsc 269"> sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="גלה vpc 1540"> and have sexual intercourse</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="עֶרְוָה ncfsc 6172"></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="עַל_2 Pp 5921"> with</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> during</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="ָהּ psn3fs"> her</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="חַי_1 ncmpc 2416"> sister’s lifetime</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/leviticus/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947. laqach (law-kakh') -- to take">You shall not marry</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802. 'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- woman, wife, female">a woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413. 'el (ale) -- to, into, towards">in addition</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269. 'achowth (aw-khoth') -- sister">to her sister</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887d.htm" title="6887d">as a rival</a> <a href="/hebrew/2425b.htm" title="2425b">while she is alive,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540. galah (gaw-law') -- to uncover, remove">to uncover</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172. ervah (er-vaw') -- nakedness">her nakedness.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/leviticus/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947. laqach (law-kakh') -- to take">Neither shalt thou take</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802. 'ishshah (ish-shaw') -- woman, wife, female">a wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269. 'achowth (aw-khoth') -- sister">to her sister,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887. tsarar (tsaw-rar') -- adversary">to vex</a> <a href="/hebrew/1540.htm" title="1540. galah (gaw-law') -- to uncover, remove">[her], to uncover</a> <a href="/hebrew/6172.htm" title="6172. ervah (er-vaw') -- nakedness">her nakedness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416. chay (khah'-ee) -- age">beside the other in her life</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">[time].</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../leviticus/18-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 18:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../leviticus/18-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 18:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 18:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>