Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
Deuteronomy 22:30 in other translations
| BSB | A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed. |
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| WEB | A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt. |
| ASV | A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt. |
| YLT | ‘A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. |
| DARBY | A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt. |
| BBE | A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's. |
| Webster | A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. |
What does Deuteronomy 22:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
13-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30
These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.
Deuteronomy 22:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 22:30
- Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
- Leviticus 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord God, and thou becamest mine.
- Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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27:20; Le 18:8; 20:11; 1Co 5:1,13
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Ru 3:9; Eze 16:8
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Context
- Deuteronomy 22:29
Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
- Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
Deuteronomy 22:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No tomará alguno la mujer de su padre, ni descubrirá el regazo de su padre. |
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| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Mann soll nicht das Weib seines Vaters nehmen und soll die Decke seines Vaters nicht aufdecken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui, nec revelabit operimentum ejus. |