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Good News Translation
Leviticus 19:29
"Do not disgrace your daughters by making them temple prostitutes; if you do, you will turn to other gods and the land will be full of immorality.
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Hebrew Names Version
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
King James Version
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Lexham English Bible
"‘You shall not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity.
"‘You shall not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land be prostituted and the land fill up with depravity.
New Century Version
"‘Do not dishonor your daughter by making her become a prostitute. If you do this, the country will be filled with all kinds of sin.
"‘Do not dishonor your daughter by making her become a prostitute. If you do this, the country will be filled with all kinds of sin.
New English Translation
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.
Amplified Bible
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall to prostitution and become full of wickedness.
New American Standard Bible
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land does not become full of outrageous sin.
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not fall into prostitution, and the land does not become full of outrageous sin.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.
Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
‘Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
Contemporary English Version
Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes—this would bring disgrace both to them and the land.
Don't let your daughters serve as temple prostitutes—this would bring disgrace both to them and the land.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall into prostitution and become full of shame.
"‘Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land will not fall into prostitution and become full of shame.
Darby Translation
—Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.
—Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Do not dishonor your daughters by making them become prostitutes. If you do that, your whole country will turn away from God and be filled with all kinds of sinful things.
"Do not dishonor your daughters by making them become prostitutes. If you do that, your whole country will turn away from God and be filled with all kinds of sinful things.
English Standard Version
"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not permit your daughter to become a whore, lest the land fall to whoredom and the land become full of wickedness.
You shall not permit your daughter to become a whore, lest the land fall to whoredom and the land become full of wickedness.
Christian Standard Bible®
“Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
“Do not debase your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
Literal Translation
You shall not pollute your daughter, to cause her to be a prostitute, that the land may not go whoring, and the land become full of wickedness.
You shall not pollute your daughter, to cause her to be a prostitute, that the land may not go whoring, and the land become full of wickedness.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome, that the londe fall not to whordome, and waxe full of wickednesse.
Thou shalt not holde thy doughter to whordome, that the londe fall not to whordome, and waxe full of wickednesse.
American Standard Version
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Bible in Basic English
Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore, lest the lande also fall to whoredome, and become ful of wickednesse.
Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore, lest the lande also fall to whoredome, and become ful of wickednesse.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of lewdness.
King James Version (1611)
Doe not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land fall to whoredome, and the land become full of wickednesse.
Doe not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the land fall to whoredome, and the land become full of wickednesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.
Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.
English Revised Version
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
Berean Standard Bible
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sette thou not thi douytir to do leccherie for hire, and the lond be defoulid, and be fillid with synne.
Sette thou not thi douytir to do leccherie for hire, and the lond be defoulid, and be fillid with synne.
Young's Literal Translation
`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.
`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.
Update Bible Version
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
Webster's Bible Translation
Do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a harlot: lest the land should fall to lewdness, and the land become full of wickedness.
Do not prostitute thy daughter to cause her to be a harlot: lest the land should fall to lewdness, and the land become full of wickedness.
World English Bible
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
New King James Version
"Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
"Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
New Living Translation
"Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
"Do not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be filled with prostitution and wickedness.
New Life Bible
‘Do not put your daughter to shame by making her sell the use of her body. Or the land will become full of shame and sin.
‘Do not put your daughter to shame by making her sell the use of her body. Or the land will become full of shame and sin.
New Revised Standard
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.
Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, that the land not become prostituted and full of depravity.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not profane thy daughter by causing her to be unchaste, - lest the land fall to unchastity, and so the land be filled with wickedness.
Do not profane thy daughter by causing her to be unchaste, - lest the land fall to unchastity, and so the land be filled with wickedness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.
Make not thy daughter a common strumpet, lest the land be defiled, and filled with wickedness.
Revised Standard Version
"Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and the land become full of wickedness.
"Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and the land become full of wickedness.
THE MESSAGE
"Don't violate your daughter by making her a whore—the whole country would soon become a brothel, filled with sordid sex.
"Don't violate your daughter by making her a whore—the whole country would soon become a brothel, filled with sordid sex.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness.
Contextual Overview
19 "Obey my commands. Do not crossbreed domestic animals. Do not plant two kinds of seed in the same field. Do not wear clothes made of two kinds of material. 20 "If a slave woman is the recognized concubine of a man and she has not been paid for and freed, then if another man has sexual relations with her, they will be punished, but not put to death, since she is a slave. 21 The man shall bring a ram to the entrance of the Tent of my presence as his repayment offering, 22 and with it the priest shall perform the ritual of purification to remove the man's sin, and God will forgive him. 23 "When you come into the land of Canaan and plant any kind of fruit tree, consider the fruit ritually unclean for the first three years. During that time you must not eat it. 24 In the fourth year all the fruit shall be dedicated as an offering to show your gratitude to me, the Lord . 25 But in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you do all this, your trees will bear more fruit. I am the Lord your God. 26 "Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Do not practice any kind of magic. 27 Do not cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard 28 or tattoo yourselves or cut gashes in your body to mourn for the dead. I am the Lord .
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
prostitute: Heb. profane
to cause: Leviticus 21:7, Deuteronomy 23:17, Hosea 4:12-14, 1 Corinthians 6:15
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:16 - two women
Cross-References
Genesis 8:1
God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started going down.
God had not forgotten Noah and all the animals with him in the boat; he caused a wind to blow, and the water started going down.
Genesis 12:2
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation. I will bless you and make your name famous, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 19:23
The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar.
The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:31
The older daughter said to her sister, "Our father is getting old, and there are no men in the whole world to marry us so that we can have children.
The older daughter said to her sister, "Our father is getting old, and there are no men in the whole world to marry us so that we can have children.
Genesis 19:32
Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him."
Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him."
Genesis 19:33
That night they gave him wine to drink, and the older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he didn't know it.
That night they gave him wine to drink, and the older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he didn't know it.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
Then God remembered Rachel; he answered her prayer and made it possible for her to have children.
Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because you are good and do what is right that the Lord is letting you take their land. He will drive them out because they are wicked and because he intends to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
It is not because you are good and do what is right that the Lord is letting you take their land. He will drive them out because they are wicked and because he intends to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember, my God, all these things that I have done for your Temple and its worship.
Remember, my God, all these things that I have done for your Temple and its worship.
Nehemiah 13:22
I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to go and guard the gates to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy. Remember me, O God, for this also, and spare me because of your great love.
I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to go and guard the gates to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy. Remember me, O God, for this also, and spare me because of your great love.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore,.... Not by delaying to marry her, which is the sense the Jews give l, but it refers to a wicked practice among the Phoenicians or Canaanites, Athanasius m speaks of, whose women used to prostitute themselves in the temples of their idols; and to such filthy services, in a religious way, the Israelites, in imitation of them, are forbid to expose their daughters: such filthy practices, under a notion of religion, were committed at Babylon, Corinth, and other places;
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lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness: of the wickedness of whoredom, both corporeal and spiritual, fornication and idolatry; both of which would be promoted by such abominable practices, and in process of time the land be filled with them.
l Targ. Jon. in loc. T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 76. 1. m Contra Gentes, p. 21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. Do not prostitute thy daughter — This was a very frequent custom, and with examples of it writers of antiquity abound. The Cyprian women, according to Justin, gained that portion which their husbands received with them at marriage by previous public prostitution. And the Phoenicians, according to Augustine, made a gift to Venus of the gain acquired by the public prostitution of their daughters, previously to their marriage. "Veneri donum dabant, et prostitutiones filiarum, antequam jungerent eas viris." - De Civit. Del, lib. xviii., c. 5; and see Calmet.
