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Leviticus 19:29
Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
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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.
Good News Translation
"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.
"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.
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.
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 You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle gender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come on you a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. 20 And whoever has sex with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering to Yahweh, to the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned: and the sin which he has sinned shall be forgiven him. 23 And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years they shall be as uncircumcised to you; it shall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for inauguration to Yahweh. 25 And in the fifth year you shall eat of its fruit, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am Yahweh your God. 26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use magic, nor interpret omens. 27 You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am Yahweh.
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
And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided;
Genesis 12:2
and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing;
and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 19:23
The sun was risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
The sun was risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
Genesis 19:31
And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:
And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis 19:32
come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:33
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb.
Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and don't wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and don't wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.
Nehemiah 13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving-kindness.
And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving-kindness.
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.
