Parallel Verses
Amplified
You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
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."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not lay with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
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
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Hastings
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
You shall not give any of your children to offer them [by fire as a sacrifice] to Molech [the god of the Ammonites], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by honoring idols as gods]. I am the Lord.
22 You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.
1 Kings 14:24
There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They committed all the repulsive acts of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the Israelites.
Romans 1:26-27
For this reason God gave them over to degrading and vile passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural [a function contrary to nature],
1 Corinthians 6:9
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived;
1 Timothy 1:10
for sexually immoral persons, for homosexuals, for
Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog [that is, a male prostitute] into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are utterly repulsive to the Lord your God.
Judges 19:22
While they were
Jude 1:7
just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent cities, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in gross immoral freedom and unnatural vice and sensual perversity. They are exhibited [in plain sight] as an example in undergoing the punishment of everlasting fire.
Genesis 19:5
and they called out to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them [intimately].”