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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ארור שכב עם אשת אביו--כי גלה כנף אביו ואמר כל העם אמן
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
Arvr SHkb `m ASHt Abyv--ky glh knp Abyv vAmr kl h`m Amn

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
maledictus qui dormit cum uxore patris sui et revelat operimentum lectuli eius et dicet omnis populus amen

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
New King James Version   
‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
21st Century King James Version   
“‘Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, because he uncovereth his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ’Amen.’

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Darby Bible Translation   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; for he uncovereth his father's skirt! And all the people shall say, Amen.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
God's Word   
"Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father's wife will be cursed. He has disgraced his father." Then all the people will say amen.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The one who sleeps with his father's wife is cursed, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And all the people will say, 'Amen!'
International Standard Version   
"Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's wife, because he has disgraced his father. "Then all the people are to respond by saying, 'Amen!'
NET Bible   
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
New American Standard Bible   
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
New International Version   
"Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he dishonors his father's bed." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
New Living Translation   
'Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with one of his father's wives, for he has violated his father.' And all the people will reply, 'Amen.'
Webster's Bible Translation   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
The World English Bible   
'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
EasyEnglish Bible   
‘God will curse any man who has sex with his father's wife. That would bring shame on his father.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Yes, we agree!’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`Cursed [is] he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
New Life Version   
‘Cursed is the man who lies with his father’s wife because he has taken off the clothes of her who belongs to his father.’ And all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.’
The Voice Bible   
Levites: A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with his father’s wife, who violates the sanctity of his father’s intimate relations! People: Let it be so!
Living Bible   
“‘Cursed is he who commits adultery with one of his father’s wives, for she belongs to his father.’ And all the people shall reply, ‘Amen.’
New Catholic Bible   
“Cursed is the man who sleeps with his father’s wife, dishonoring his father’s bed.” All the people will proclaim, “Amen.”
Legacy Standard Bible   
‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife because he has uncovered his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Cursed is he that lies with his father’s wife because he uncovers his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Christian Standard Bible   
‘The one who sleeps with his father’s wife is cursed, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he uncovers what belongs to his father. All the people shall say, Amen.
New Century Version   
“A man will be cursed who has sexual relations with his father’s wife, because it is a dishonor to his father.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
The Message   
The Levites, acting as spokesmen and speaking loudly, will address Israel: God’s curse on anyone who carves or casts a god-image—an abomination to God made by a craftsman—and sets it up in secret. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who demeans a parent. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who misdirects a blind man on the road. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who interferes with justice due the foreigner, orphan, or widow. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who has sex with his father’s wife; he has violated the woman who belongs to his father. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who has sex with an animal. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who has sex with his sister, the daughter of his father or mother. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who has sex with his mother-in-law. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who kills his neighbor in secret. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on anyone who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. God’s curse on whoever does not give substance to the words of this Revelation by living them. All respond: Yes. Absolutely. * * *
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Cursed is any man who lies down with his father’s wife, because he has removed the skirt that is reserved for his father. All the people will say, “Amen!”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.” All the people shall say, “Amen!”
Good News Translation®   
“‘God's curse on anyone who disgraces his father by having intercourse with any of his father's wives.’ “And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!’
Wycliffe Bible   
Cursed is (he) that sleepeth with his father’s wife, and showeth the private(s) of his bed; and all the people shall say, Amen!
Contemporary English Version   
The people of the Levi tribe will speak each curse in a loud voice, then the rest of the people will agree to that curse by saying, “Amen!” Here are the curses: We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who makes an idol or worships idols, even secretly. The Lord is disgusted with idols. We ask the Lord to put a curse on all who do not show respect for their father and mother. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who moves the rocks that mark property lines. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who tells blind people to go the wrong way. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who keeps the poor from getting justice, whether these poor are foreigners, widows, or orphans. We ask the Lord to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his father's wife; that man has shown no respect for his father's marriage. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who has sex with an animal. We ask the Lord to put a curse on any man who sleeps with his sister or his half sister or his mother-in-law. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who commits murder, even when there are no witnesses to the crime. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who accepts money to murder an innocent victim. We ask the Lord to put a curse on anyone who refuses to obey his laws. And so, to each of these curses, the people will answer, “Amen!”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
“‘Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father’s.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
“ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Common English Bible © 2011   
“Cursed is anyone who has sex with his father’s wife, because that exposes his father’s private matters.” All the people will reply: “We agree!”
Amplified Bible © 2015   
‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his father’s [former] wife, because he has violated what belongs to his father.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
“Cursed be anyone who has relations with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed!” And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”
New American Standard Bible   
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s garment.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
The Expanded Bible   
“A man will be cursed who ·has sexual relations [L lies] with his father’s wife, because it ·is a dishonor to [L uncovers the skirt of; Lev. 18:7–8; 20:11] his father.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
Tree of Life Version   
‘Cursed is the one who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s nakedness.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’
Revised Standard Version   
“‘Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father’s.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
New International Reader's Version   
“May anyone who sleeps with his stepmother be under the Lord’s curse. That man brings shame on his father by doing that.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
BRG Bible   
Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Complete Jewish Bible   
“‘A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’ All the people are to say, ‘Amen!’
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his father’s wife, because he has violated his father’s rights.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Arur (cursed) be he that lieth with eshet aviv (his father’s wife); because he uncovereth the robe of his father. And kol HaAm shall say, Omein.
Names of God Bible   
“Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife will be cursed. He has disgraced his father.” Then all the people will say amen.
Modern English Version   
“Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”
Easy-to-Read Version   
“The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who shames his father by having sexual relations with his father’s wife.’ “Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
International Children’s Bible   
“A man will be cursed who has physical relations with his father’s wife. It is a dishonor to his father.” Then all the people will say, “Amen!”
Lexham English Bible   
‘Cursed be the one who lies with the wife of his father, because he has dishonored his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
New International Version - UK   
‘Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonours his father’s bed.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’