NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon And the 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) that lieth shakab (shaw-kab') to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) with 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 hath uncovered 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-. nakedness `ervah (er-vaw') nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish) -- nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness). both shnayim (shen-ah'-yim) two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two. of them shall surely muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill be put to death muwth (mooth) causatively, to kill their blood dam (dawm) blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) shall be upon them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible If there is a man who lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands. International Standard Version "If a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness, so both of them are to be put to death. Their guilt will remain their responsibility. NET Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father's wife has violated his father's marriage. Both he and his father's wife must be put to death. They deserve to die. King James 2000 Bible And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Links Leviticus 20:11Leviticus 20:11 NIV Leviticus 20:11 NLT Leviticus 20:11 ESV Leviticus 20:11 NASB Leviticus 20:11 KJV |