Exodus 22:19

The NET Bible®

"Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

King James Version
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Lexham English Bible
"‘Anyone lying with an animal will surely be put to death.

New Century Version
"Put to death anyone who has sexual relations with an animal.

Amplified Bible
"Whoever lies with an animal must be put to death.

New American Standard Bible
"Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall dye the death.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Contemporary English Version
Death is the punishment for having sex with an animal.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Anyone who sacrifices to any god other than Adonai alone is to be completely destroyed.

Darby Translation
—Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.

Easy-to-Read Version
"You must not allow anyone to have sexual relations with an animal. If this happens, that person must be killed.

English Standard Version
"Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

George Lamsa Translation
Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Good News Translation
"Put to death any man who has sexual relations with an animal.

Christian Standard Bible®
“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.

Literal Translation
Anyone lying with an animal, dying he shall die.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so lyeth wt a beest, shal dye the death.

American Standard Version
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Bible in Basic English
Any man who has sex connection with a beast is to be put to death.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Whosoeuer lyeth with a beast, shall be slayne for it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

King James Version (1611)
Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall surely be put to death.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death.

English Revised Version
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever has sexual relations with an animal must surely be put to death.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that doith letcherie with a beeste, die by deeth.

Young's Literal Translation
`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

Update Bible Version
Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

World English Bible
"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

New King James Version
"Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

New Living Translation
"Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must certainly be put to death.

New Life Bible
Whoever does sex sins with an animal will be put to death.

New Revised Standard
Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever copulateth with a beast; shall be put to death.

Revised Standard Version
"Whoever lies with a beast shall be put to death.

THE MESSAGE
"Anyone who has sex with an animal gets the death penalty.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ "If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife. ¹⁷ If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins. ¹⁸ "You must not allow a sorceress to live. ¹⁹ "Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death. ²⁰ "Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed. ²¹ "You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. ²² "You must not afflict any widow or orphan. ²³ If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry, ²⁴ and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

Bible Verse Review
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Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 18:25, Leviticus 20:15, Leviticus 20:16, Deuteronomy 27:21

Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

Joshua 15:28
Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah,

Judges 20:1
All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ver. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast,.... In like manner as a man and woman, by carnal copulation; this is a crime so detestable and abominable, so shocking and dishonourable to human nature, that one would think it could never be committed by any of the human species, and that there was no occasion for making a law against it; but, such is the depravity and corruption of mankind, that divine wisdom saw it necessary, and, to deter from it, made it death, as follows; such an one

shall surely be put to death; no mercy shown him, no pardon or respite given him by the civil magistrate: according to the Targum of Jonathan, the death of such a person was by stoning, for it paraphrases the words,

"he shall be killed with the casting of stones.''

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 22:19. Lieth with a beast — If this most abominable crime had not been common, it never would have been mentioned in a sacred code of laws. It is very likely that it was an Egyptian practice; and it is certain, from an account in Sonnini's Travels, that it is practised in Egypt to the present day.