Leviticus 18:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
In context
6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
10 You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
Leviticus 18:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- KJV King James Version
- The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- WEB World English Bible
- “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.