Leviticus 18:14
New International Version
“’Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

New Living Translation
“Do not violate your uncle, your father’s brother, by having sexual relations with his wife, for she is your aunt.

English Standard Version
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

Berean Standard Bible
You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

New King James Version
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

New American Standard Bible
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

NASB 1995
‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

NASB 1977
‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

Amplified Bible
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother’s wife; you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

Christian Standard Bible
You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to shame your father’s brother by coming near his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not reveal the nakedness of the wife of your father's brother and do not come near his wife, because she is the wife of your father's brother; do not reveal her nakedness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation.

Contemporary English Version
Don't disgrace your uncle by having sex with his wife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never have sexual intercourse with the wife of your father's brother. She, too, is your aunt.

Good News Translation
Do not have intercourse with your uncle's wife; she, too, is your aunt.

International Standard Version
"You are not to expose the nakedness of your father's brother by having sexual relations with his wife. She's your aunt.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy fathers brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

Literal Standard Version
You do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you do not draw near to his wife; she [is] your aunt.

Majority Standard Bible
You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.

New American Bible
You shall not disgrace your father’s brother by having sexual relations with his wife, since she, too, is your aunt.

NET Bible
You must not expose the nakedness of your father's brother; you must not approach his wife to have sexual intercourse with her. She is your aunt.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thy aunt.

World English Bible
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.

Young's Literal Translation
The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
13You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative. 14You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt. 15You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.…

Cross References
Leviticus 18:13
You must not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's close relative.

Leviticus 20:20
If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.

Leviticus 20:20
And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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Leviticus 18
1. Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts














(14) Thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife.--That is, according to the ancient legal interpretation, a nephew is to have no commerce with her during her husband's lifetime, nor marry her when his uncle is dead. Those who transgressed this law had not only to bear their sin, but were doomed to die without issue. (See Leviticus 20:20.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

dishonor
עֶרְוַ֥ת (‘er·waṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6172: Nakedness

your father’s
אָבִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

brother
אֲחִֽי־ (’ă·ḥî-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 251: A brother, )

by approaching
תִקְרָ֔ב (ṯiq·rāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

his wife
אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

to have sexual relations
תְגַלֵּ֑ה (ṯə·ḡal·lêh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal

with her;
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

she [is]
הִֽוא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

your aunt.
דֹּדָֽתְךָ֖ (dō·ḏā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1733: An aunt


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