Parallel Verses

Amplified

If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

New American Standard Bible

If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

King James Version

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Holman Bible

If a man sleeps with a woman and has an emission of semen, both of them are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening.

International Standard Version

When a man has sexual relations with a woman and the man releases semen, both are to bathe with water, and they will remain unclean until evening."

A Conservative Version

The woman also with whom a man shall lay with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

American Standard Version

The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Bible in Basic English

And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

Darby Translation

And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation they shall bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Julia Smith Translation

And a woman whom a man shall lie with her, with the effusion of seed, and they washed in water, and were unclean till the evening.

King James 2000

The woman also with whom man shall lie and have an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If [there is] a woman with whom a man lies down [and there is] an emission of semen, then they shall wash [themselves] with water, and they shall be unclean until the evening.

Modern King James verseion

And the woman with whom a man shall lie with emission of semen shall both bathe in water and be unclean until the evening.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And if a woman lie with such a one, they shall wash themselves with water and be unclean until even.

NET Bible

When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

New Heart English Bible

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

The Emphasized Bible

Also, a woman with whom man lieth carnally, then shall they bathe in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Webster

The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

World English Bible

If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

Youngs Literal Translation

'And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The woman
נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

also with whom man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

with seed
זרע 
Zera` 
Usage: 229

שׁכבה 
Sh@kabah 
Usage: 9

רחץ 
Rachats 
Usage: 72

and be unclean
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

Context Readings

Instructions About Bodily Discharges

17 Every garment and every leather on which there is semen shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until evening. 18 If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening. 19 ‘When a woman has a discharge, if her bodily discharge is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening.



Cross References

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be prepared for the third day; do not be intimate with a woman.”

Leviticus 15:5

Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;

1 Samuel 21:4-5

The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary (unconsecrated) bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; [you may have it] if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”

Psalm 51:5


I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

1 Corinthians 6:12

Everything is permissible for me, but not all things are beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything [and brought under its power, allowing it to control me].

1 Corinthians 6:18

Run away from sexual immorality [in any form, whether thought or behavior, whether visual or written]. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the one who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.

Ephesians 4:17-19

So this I say, and solemnly affirm together with the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the [unbelieving] Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds [and in the foolishness and emptiness of their souls],

Ephesians 5:3-11

But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

For this is the will of God, that you be sanctified [separated and set apart from sin]: that you abstain and back away from sexual immorality;

2 Timothy 2:22

Run away from youthful lusts—pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those [believers] who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Peter 2:11

Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.

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