Parallel Verses

NET Bible

When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

New American Standard Bible

If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

King James Version

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Holman Bible

If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

International Standard Version

When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."

A Conservative Version

The woman also with whom a man shall lay with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

American Standard Version

The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Amplified

If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

Bible in Basic English

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

Darby Translation

And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Julia Smith Translation

And a woman whom a man shall lie with her, with the effusion of seed, and they washed in water, and were unclean till the evening.

King James 2000

The woman also with whom man shall lie and have an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If [there is] a woman with whom a man lies down [and there is] an emission of semen, then they shall wash [themselves] with water, and they shall be unclean until the evening.

Modern King James verseion

And the woman with whom a man shall lie with emission of semen shall both bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And if a woman lie with such a one, they shall wash themselves with water and be unclean until even.

New Heart English Bible

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

The Emphasized Bible

Also, a woman with whom man lieth carnally, then shall they bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Webster

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

World English Bible

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

also with whom man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

with seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׁכבה 
Sh@kabah 
Usage: 9

רחץ 
Rachats 
Usage: 72

and be unclean
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

Context Readings

Instructions About Bodily Discharges

17 and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. 18 When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 19 "'When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.



Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives."

Leviticus 15:5

Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

1 Samuel 21:4-5

The priest replied to David, "I don't have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women."

Psalm 51:5

Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.

1 Corinthians 6:12

"All things are lawful for me" -- but not everything is beneficial. "All things are lawful for me" -- but I will not be controlled by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin a person commits is outside of the body" -- but the immoral person sins against his own body.

Ephesians 4:17-19

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

Ephesians 5:3-11

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

2 Timothy 2:22

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,

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