Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not lay with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Holman Bible
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;
International Standard Version
"I am the LORD. You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Amplified
You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
Bible in Basic English
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
Julia Smith Translation
And with a male thou shalt not lie on a woman's bed: it is abomination.
King James 2000
You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is abomination.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not lie with a male as lying {with} a woman; that [is] a detestable thing.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is abomination to God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, for that is abomination.
NET Bible
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not have sexual relations with a male, as with a woman. That is detestable.
The Emphasized Bible
And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind, - an abomination, it is.
Webster
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
World English Bible
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
Youngs Literal Translation
And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Uncleanness
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:22
Images Leviticus 18:22
Prayers for Leviticus 18:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
21 And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am LORD. 22 Thou shall not lay with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination. 23 And thou shall not lay with any beast to defile thyself with it, nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lay down with it. It is a perversion.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:13
And if a man lays with a man, as with a woman, both of them have committed abomination. They shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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.
Romans 1:26-27
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,
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
Deuteronomy 23:18
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.
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
Jude 1:7
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.
Genesis 19:5
And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.