Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:23 in other translations
| BSB | ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’ |
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| WEB | ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ |
| ASV | Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| YLT | ‘Cursed is he who is lying with his mother-in-law, --and all the people have said, Amen. |
| DARBY | Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law! And all the people shall say, Amen. |
| BBE | Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it. |
| Webster | Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the people shall say, Amen. |
What does Deuteronomy 27:23 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26
The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…
Deuteronomy 27:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:23
- Leviticus 20:14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
- Leviticus 18:17
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 27:22
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Maldito el que se echare con su suegra. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Maudit qui couche avec sa belle-mère! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verflucht sei, wer bei seiner Schwiegermutter liegt! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Maledictus qui dormit cum socru sua: et dicet omnis populus: Amen. |