New Revised Standard Version
For that would be a heinous crime; that would be a criminal offense;

Contemporary English Version
If I took someone's wife, it would be a horrible crime,

New American Bible
For that would be heinous, a crime to be condemned,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

an heinous

Genesis 20:9 And Abimelech called also for Abraham, and said to him: What hast thou done to us? what have we offended thee in, that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done to us what thou oughtest not to do.

Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said: Why hast thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:

Genesis 39:9 Neither is there any thing which is not in my power, or that he hath not delivered to me, but thee, who art his wife; how then can I do this wicked thing, and sin against my God?

Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Proverbs 6:29-33 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul: . . .

an iniquity

Job 31:28 Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.

Genesis 38:24 And behold, after three months, they told Juda, saying: Thamar, thy daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot, and she appeareth to have a big belly. And Juda said: Bring her out that she may be burnt.

Leviticus 20:10 If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Deuteronomy 22:22-24 If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel. . . .

Ezekiel 16:38 And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.