897 B
897 B
The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, that is, anyone who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife
The full meaning of this can be made explicit. AT: "The man who commits adultery with someone else's wife" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
certainly be put to death
This can be translated in active form. AT: "you must certainly put both of them to death" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
lies down with his father's wife to sleep with her
This is a polite way of saying that he had sex with his father's wife. Some languages use more direct phrases such as "has sex with his father's wife." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)
They have committed perversion
Here God calls a man having sex with his son's wife a "perversion", a serious sin. See how you translated "perversion" in Leviticus 18:23.