Deuteronomy 27:20

Bible › Deuteronomy › Chapter 27 › Verse 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.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

In other translations

Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Hebrew words

אָרוּר'arur[is] cursedH779שֹׁכֵבshokhev[one who] liesH7901עִם־'im-withH5973אֵשֶׁת'eshet[the] wife ofH802אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1כִּיkiforH3588גִלָּהgilahhe has uncoveredH1540כְּנַףkenaf[the] skirt ofH3671אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1וְאָמַרve'amarand it will sayH559כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אָמֵן׃ ס'amenamenH543

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, most-voted first.

Dark mode