(23:1) ¹  A man may not marry ²  his father’s former ³  wife and in this way dishonor his father. ⁴ 

biblegateway Deu 22:30

"A man shall not take his father’s wife so that he will not uncover his father’s skirt.

"A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not violate his father's marriage bed.

A man must never marry his father’s wife because this would disgrace his father.

biblegateway Deu 22:30

A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonour his father’s bed.

"A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.

bibleoremus Deu 22:30

A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.

A man must not take his father's wife: he must not bring shame on his father.

biblegateway Deu 22:30

"A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.

A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

biblegateway Deu 22:30

(23:1) ¹  A man may not marry ²  his father’s former ³  wife and in this way dishonor his father. ⁴ 

¹ sn Beginning with 22:30, the verse numbers through 23:25 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 22:30 ET = 23:1 HT, 23:1 ET = 23:2 HT, 23:2 ET = 23:3 HT, etc., through 23:25 ET = 23:26 HT. With 24:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

² tn Heb “take.” In context this refers to marriage, as in the older English expression “take a wife.”

³ sn This presupposes either the death of the father or their divorce since it would be impossible for one to marry his stepmother while his father was still married to her.

⁴ tn Heb “uncover his father’s skirt” (so ASV, NASB). This appears to be a circumlocution for describing the dishonor that would come to a father by having his own son share his wife’s sexuality (cf. NAB, NIV “dishonor his father’s bed”).