Parallel Verses
NET Bible
for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become 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;)
Lexham Expanded Bible
(because the people of the land, who [were] {before you}, did all these detestable things, so the land became unclean),
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 -
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 You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst, 27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean. 28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:24
"'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.
Deuteronomy 20:18
so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 23:18
You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 25:16
For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 27:15
Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image -- something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman -- and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
1 Kings 14:24
There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 16:3
He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Kings 21:2
He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 36:14
All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the Lord's temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 16:50
They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them.
Ezekiel 22:11
One commits an abominable act with his neighbor's wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister -- his father's daughter -- within you.
Hosea 9:10
When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame -- they became as detestable as what they loved.