Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Holman Bible
“No Israelite woman is to be a cult prostitute, and no Israelite man is to be a cult prostitute.
International Standard Version
"There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel.
American Standard Version
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Amplified
“There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, nor shall there be a cult prostitute (a sodomite) among the sons of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
Darby Translation
There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not be a harlot from the daughters of Israel, and a male prostitute from the sons of Israel.
King James 2000
There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"No woman {of Israel} shall be a temple prostitute, and no man {of Israel} shall be a male shrine prostitute.
Modern King James verseion
There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor whorekeeper of the sons of Israel.
NET Bible
There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.
New Heart English Bible
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sacred male prostitute of the children of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
There shall be no female devotee of the daughters of Israel, - neither shall there be, a male devotee, of the sons of Israel.
Webster
There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
World English Bible
There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
'There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;
Themes
Sexual activities » What sexual activities are forbidden
Sodom » Figurative » Of wickedness
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 23:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cult Prostitution Forbidden
16 He shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleases him best. Thou shall not oppress him. 17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of LORD thy God for any vow, for even both these are an abomination to LORD thy God.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:29
Do not profane thy daughter, to make her a harlot, lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
2 Kings 23:7
And he broke down the houses of the sodomites that were in the house of LORD where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Deuteronomy 22:21
then they shall bring the damsel out to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So shall thou
1 Kings 14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which LORD drove out before the sons of Israel.
1 Kings 15:12
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1 Kings 22:46
And he put away out of the land the remnant of the sodomites, who remained in the days of his father Asa.
1 Timothy 1:10
for fornicators, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine
Genesis 19:4-5
But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, encompassed the house around, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
Deuteronomy 22:29
then the man who lay with her shall give to the damsel's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.
Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door. And they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who ca
Proverbs 2:16
to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words,
Romans 1:26-28
Because of this God gave them up to shameful passions, for even their females changed the natural use into what is against nature.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,