# 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 with his father's wife

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](../18/22.md).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/adultery]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/neighbor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sex]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/guilt]]