NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A man'iysh (eesh) a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) shall not take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) his father's 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. wife 'ishshah (ish-shaw') irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman nor discover galah (gaw-law') to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal his father's 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. skirt kanaph (kaw-nawf') an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bed-clothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt. King James Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not violate his father's marriage bed." International Standard Version "A man must not marry his father's wife, so that he will not dishonor his father's memory." NET Bible A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father. GOD'S WORD® Translation A man must never marry his father's wife because this would disgrace his father. King James 2000 Bible A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed. Links Deuteronomy 22:30Deuteronomy 22:30 NIV Deuteronomy 22:30 NLT Deuteronomy 22:30 ESV Deuteronomy 22:30 NASB Deuteronomy 22:30 KJV |
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