Exodus 22:19

Wycliffe Bible

He that doith letcherie with a beeste, die by deeth.

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.

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

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.

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 disseyueth a virgyn not yit weddid, and slepith with hir, he schal yyue dower to hir, and schal haue hir wijf. ¹⁷ If the fadir of the virgyn nyle yyue, he schal yelde money, bi the maner of dower, which virgyns weren wont to take. ¹⁸ Thou schalt not suffre witchis to lyue. ¹⁹ He that doith letcherie with a beeste, die by deeth. ²⁰ He that offrith to goddis, out takun to the Lord aloone, be he slayn. ²¹ Thou schalt not make sory a comelyng, nether thou schalt turmente hym; for also ye weren comelyngis in the lond of Egipt. ²² Ye schulen not anoye a widewe, and a fadirles ethir modirles child. ²³ If ye hirten hem, thei schulen crye to me, and Y schal here the cry of hem, ²⁴ and my greet veniaunce schal haue indignacioun, and Y schal smyte you with swerd, and youre wyues schulen be widewis, and youre sones schulen be fadirles.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 21:31
Therfor thilke place was clepid Bersabee, for euere eithir swore there;

Joshua 15:28
Bethfelech, and Asertual, and Bersabee,

Judges 20:1
Therfor alle the sones of Israel yeden, and weren gaderid togidere as o man, fro Dan `til to Bersabee, and fro the lond of Galaad to the Lord in Maspha; and alle the `corneris of puplis;

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.