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Green's Literal Translation
Leviticus 18:22
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is a perversion.
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Hebrew Names Version
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestible.
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestible.
King James Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Lexham English Bible
And you shall not lie with a male as lying with a woman; that is a detestable thing.
And you shall not lie with a male as lying with a woman; that is a detestable thing.
New Century Version
"‘You must not have sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. That is a hateful sin.
"‘You must not have sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. That is a hateful sin.
New English Translation
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Amplified Bible
'You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
'You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
New American Standard Bible
'You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination.
'You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.
Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
Contemporary English Version
It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.
It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.
Complete Jewish Bible
(RY: iv, LY: vii) "‘You are not to go to bed with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.
(RY: iv, LY: vii) "‘You are not to go to bed with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Men, you must not have sexual relations with another man as with a woman. That is a terrible sin!
"Men, you must not have sexual relations with another man as with a woman. That is a terrible sin!
English Standard Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; because it is an abomination.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; because it is an abomination.
Good News Translation
No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.
No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for yt is abhominacion.
Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for yt is abhominacion.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Bible in Basic English
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for it is abhomination.
Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for it is abhomination.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.
King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not lie with mankinde, as with womankinde: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankinde, as with womankinde: it is abomination.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
English Revised Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Berean Standard Bible
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.
Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.
Young's Literal Translation
`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].
`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].
Update Bible Version
You shall not have sex with a man: it is disgusting.
You shall not have sex with a man: it is disgusting.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.
World English Bible
You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
New King James Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.
New Living Translation
"Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
"Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
New Life Bible
Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman. It is a sinful thing.
Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman. It is a sinful thing.
New Revised Standard
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind, - an abomination, it is.
And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind, - an abomination, it is.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.
Revised Standard Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
THE MESSAGE
"Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
"Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
Contextual Overview
19 And you shall not draw near to uncover the nakedness of a woman in her menstrual impurity. 20 And you shall not give your semen to your neighbor's wife by lying with her , for uncleanness with her. 21 And you shall not give your seed to pass them through to Molech, nor shall you pollute the name of your God; I am Jehovah. 22 And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is a perversion. 23 And you shall not give your semen with any animal, for uncleanness with it. And a woman shall not stand before an animal to lie down with it; it is a shameful mixing. 24 Do not defile yourself with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled, which I am casting out before you; 25 and the land is defiled, and I will visit its iniquity on it; and the land is vomiting out those living in it ; 26 and you, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not do any of all these disgusting acts; neither the native nor the alien who is staying in your midst. 27 For the men of the land who are before you have done all these disgusting things, and the land is defiled. 28 Do not do these lest the land vomit you out for your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation that was before you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 20:13, Genesis 19:5, Judges 19:22, 1 Kings 14:24, Romans 1:26, Romans 1:27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 1:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:7 - General Ezekiel 16:50 - and committed Ezekiel 18:12 - hath committed Romans 1:24 - between
Cross-References
Genesis 18:1
And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.
And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre. And he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day.
Genesis 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and looked; and, behold, three men were standing by him. And he saw, and he ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent. And he bowed to the ground.
And he lifted up his eyes and looked; and, behold, three men were standing by him. And he saw, and he ran to meet them from the entrance of the tent. And he bowed to the ground.
Genesis 18:16
And the men rose up from there and looked on the face of Sodom. And Abraham was going with them, to send them away.
And the men rose up from there and looked on the face of Sodom. And Abraham was going with them, to send them away.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
Psalms 106:23
And He said to destroy them; except Moses His elect had stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath from destroying them .
And He said to destroy them; except Moses His elect had stood before Him in the breach, to turn away His wrath from destroying them .
Jeremiah 15:1
Then Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Send them out from before My face; yea, let them go out.
Then Jehovah said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Send them out from before My face; yea, let them go out.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember, I stood before You to speak good concerning them, to turn Your wrath from them.
Should evil be repaid for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember, I stood before You to speak good concerning them, to turn Your wrath from them.
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought among them a man to wall up a wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
And I sought among them a man to wall up a wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.
Acts 7:55
But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking intently into the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right of God.
But being full of the Holy Spirit, looking intently into the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right of God.
1 Timothy 2:1
First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men,
First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shall not lie with mankind as with womankind,.... By carnal knowledge of them, and carnal copulation with them, and mixing bodies in like manner: this is the sin commonly called sodomy, from the inhabitants of Sodom, greatly addicted to it, for which their city was destroyed by fire: those that are guilty of this sin, are, by the apostle, called "abusers of themselves with mankind", 1 Corinthians 6:9;
it [is] abomination; it is so to God, as the above instance of his vengeance shows, and ought to be abominable to men, as being not only contrary to the law of God, but even contrary to nature itself, and what is never to be observed among brute creatures.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 18:22. With mankind — This abominable crime, frequent among the Greeks and Romans as well as the Canaanites, may be punished with death in this country.
