Font Size
Leviticus 18:18
New English Translation
Leviticus 18:18
New English Translation
18 You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife[a] while she is still alive,[b] to have sexual relations with her.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Leviticus 18:18 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).
- Leviticus 18:18 tn Heb “on her in her life.”
Leviticus 18:18
New International Version
Leviticus 18:18
New International Version
18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(A) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV)
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.