Leviticus 18:18

NETBible

You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife 1  while she is still alive, 2  to have sexual intercourse with her.

NIV ©

"‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

NASB ©

‘You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

NLT ©

"Do not marry a woman and her sister because they will be rivals. But if your wife dies, then it is all right to marry her sister.

MSG ©

"Don't marry your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sex with her while your wife is living.

BBE ©

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

NRSV ©

And you shall not take a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

NKJV ©

‘Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.

KJV
Neither shalt thou take
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a wife
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to her sister
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to vex
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[her], to uncover
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her nakedness
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beside the other in her life
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[time]. {a wife...: or, one wife to another}
NASB ©
'You shall not marry
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a woman
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in addition
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to her sister
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as a rival
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while she is alive
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, to uncover
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her nakedness
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.
LXXM
gunaika
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N-ASF
epi
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PREP
adelfh
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N-DSF
authv
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D-GSF
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ADV
lhmqh
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V-FMI-2S
antizhlon {N-ASF} apokaluqai
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V-AAN
thn
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T-ASF
aschmosunhn
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N-ASF
authv
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D-GSF
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PREP
auth
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D-DSF
eti
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ADV
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V-PAPGS
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D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL
You must not
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take
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a woman
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in marriage and then marry her sister
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as a rival
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wife while she is still alive
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, to have sexual intercourse
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with
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her.
HEBREW
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hyle
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htwre
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twlgl
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rrul
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xqt
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al
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htxa
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la
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hsaw (18:18)
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NETBible

You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife 1  while she is still alive, 2  to have sexual intercourse with her.

NET Notes

1 tn Or “as a concubine”; Heb “And a woman to her sister you shall not take to be a second wife [or “to be a concubine”].” According to HALOT 1059 s.v. III צרר, the infinitive “to be a second wife” (לִצְרֹר, litsror) is a denominative verb from II צָרָה A (“concubine; second wife”), which, in turn, derives from II צר “to treat with hostility” (cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 283, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 122).

2 tn Heb “on her in her life.”