Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
(because the people of the land, who [were] {before you}, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean),
New American Standard Bible
(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);
King James Version
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Holman Bible
For the men who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable things, and the land has become defiled.
International Standard Version
because the inhabitants of the land did all of these detestable things and by doing so defiled the land before you.
A Conservative Version
(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),
American Standard Version
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);
Amplified
(for all these repulsive acts have been done by the men who lived in the land before you, and the land has become defiled);
Bible in Basic English
(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)
Darby Translation
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);
Julia Smith Translation
For all these abominations did the men of the land which were before you, and the land shall be defiled.
King James 2000
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Modern King James verseion
For the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and the land is defiled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
- for all these abominations have the men of the land done which were there before you, and the land is defiled -
NET Bible
for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.
New Heart English Bible
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
The Emphasized Bible
For all these abominations, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land hath become unclean:
Webster
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;)
World English Bible
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
Youngs Literal Translation
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),
Themes
the Canaanites » Israel commanded » Not to follow customs of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Unlawful Sexual Relations
26 But you ([neither] the native nor the alien who is dwelling in your midst) shall keep my statutes and my regulations, and you shall not {practice} any of these detestable things 27 (because the people of the land, who [were] {before you}, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean), 28 so that the land will not vomit you out when you make it unclean [just] as it vomited out the nation that [was] {before you}.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24
" 'You must not make yourself unclean in any of these [things], because the nations whom I am driving out from your presence were made unclean by all of these.
Deuteronomy 20:18
so that they may not teach you to do like all their detestable things that they do for their gods and [thereby] you sin against Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 23:18
You may not bring the {hire} of a prostitute or {the earnings of a male prostitute} [into] the house of Yahweh your God, for any vow offerings, because {both} are a detestable thing to Yahweh your God.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For detestable to Yahweh your God [is] everyone who [is] doing such things, everyone who [is] acting dishonestly.
Deuteronomy 27:15
'Cursed be the man that makes a divine image or a cast image, [which is] a detestable thing for Yahweh, the work of the hand of a skilled craftsman, and [then] sets [it] in a hiding place.' And {all the people shall respond}, 'Amen.'
1 Kings 14:24
There were also male shrine prostitutes in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Yahweh had driven out from before the {Israelites}.
2 Kings 16:3
He walked in the way of the kings of Israel; he even let his son pass through the fire according to the detestable things of the nations which Yahweh drove out from before the {Israelites}.
2 Kings 21:2
He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, according to the detestable things of the nations that Yahweh had driven out from the presence of the {Israelites}.
2 Chronicles 36:14
All the leaders of the priests and the people likewise increased in unfaithfulness according to all the detestable things of the nations. And they polluted the house of Yahweh that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 16:50
And they were proud, and they did a detestable thing {before me}, and I removed them {because} I saw [it].
Ezekiel 22:11
And a man does a detestable thing [with] the wife of his neighbor, and a man defiles his daughter-in-law in wickedness, and a man sexually violates among you his sister, the daughter of his father.
Hosea 9:10
Like the grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. Like early ripened fruit on the fig tree in the first season, I saw your ancestors. They themselves came [to] Baal Peor, and they consecrated themselves to shame. And they became detestable things, like {the thing they love}.