Parallel Verses

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.

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;

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 live with you in your midst. Let him choose a place in one of your towns where it pleases him. Do not mistreat him. 17 None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. 18 Do not bring the hire (fee) of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow offering. Both of these are an abomination to Jehovah your God.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:29

Do not dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.

2 Kings 23:7

He tore down the houses of the male temple (cult) prostitutes who were in Jehovah's Temple. This is where women did weaving for Asherah.

Deuteronomy 22:21

they will take the girl to the doorway of her father's house. The men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you.

1 Kings 14:24

There were also male (cult) prostitutes in the temples of idols throughout the land. The people of Judah practiced all the disgusting practices done by the nations that Jehovah forced out of the Israelites' way.

1 Kings 15:12

He banished perverted persons from the land. He removed those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods. He removed all the idols his fathers had made.

1 Kings 22:46

He banished all the male and female prostitutes serving at the pagan altars who were still left from the days of his father Asa.

1 Timothy 1:10

It is for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and everything else that is contrary to the sound teaching.

Genesis 19:4-5

They prepared to retire for the night when suddenly all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house.

Deuteronomy 22:29

The man who has sex with her must give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she will become his wife because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.

Judges 19:22

They were enjoying themselves when suddenly some sexual perverts from the town surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They said to the old man: Bring out the man who came to your house! We want to have sex with him!

Proverbs 2:16

You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk.

Romans 1:26-28

For this cause God gave them up to vile affections for even their women changed the natural use into that which is against nature.

1 Corinthians 6:9

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

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