Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute.

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.

A Conservative Version

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of 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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There shall be no whore
קדשׁה 
Q@deshah 
Usage: 5

of the daughters
בּת 
Bath 
Usage: 587

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

קדשׁ 
Qadesh 
Usage: 6

of the sons

Usage: 0

Context Readings

Cult Prostitution Forbidden

16 Let him go on living among you in whatever place is most pleasing to him: do not be hard on him. 17 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. 18 Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:29

Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.

2 Kings 23:7

And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.

Deuteronomy 22:21

Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

1 Kings 14:24

And more than this, there were those in the land who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, doing the same disgusting crimes as the nations which the Lord had sent out before the children of Israel.

1 Kings 15:12

Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.

1 Kings 22:46

He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.

1 Timothy 1:10

For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

Genesis 19:4-5

But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

Deuteronomy 22:29

Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

Judges 19:22

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him.

Proverbs 2:16

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

Romans 1:26-28

For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:

1 Corinthians 6:9

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

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