Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:10 in other translations
| BSB | If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death. |
|---|---|
| WEB | “‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. |
| ASV | And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. |
| YLT | ‘And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife--who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour--the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death. |
| DARBY | And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, — the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death. |
| BBE | And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death. |
| Webster | And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. |
What does Leviticus 20:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 20:7-19
7-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy--The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongst the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israelites to follow the customs of their neighbors. It is to be understood, that, whenever mention is made that the offender was "to be put to death" without describing the mode, stoning…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 20:10-27
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Leviticus 20:10 in the original Hebrew
Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.
Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).
Cross references for Leviticus 20:10
- John 8:4-5
They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
- Deuteronomy 22:22-24
If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 5:18
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
- Leviticus 18:20
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
- Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- 2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- Ezekiel 23:45-47
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. For thus saith the Lord God; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 22:22-24; 2Sa 12:13; Eze 23:45-47; Joh 8:4,5
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Leviticus 20:9
For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
- Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
- 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.
Leviticus 20:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el hombre que adulterare con la mujer de otro, el que cometiere adulterio con la mujer de su prójimo, indefectiblemente se hará morir al adúltero y á la adúltera. |
|---|---|
| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et un homme qui commet adultère avec la femme d’un autre, – qui commet adultère avec la femme de son prochain…: l’homme et la femme adultères seront certainement mis à mort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn ein Mann Ehebruch treibt mit dem Weibe eines Mannes, wenn er Ehebruch treibt mit dem Weibe seines Nächsten, so sollen der Ehebrecher und die Ehebrecherin gewißlich getötet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si mœchatus quis fuerit cum uxore alterius, et adulterium perpetraverit cum conjuge proximi sui, morte moriantur et mœchus et adultera. |