Parallel Verses
World English Bible
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
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.
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.
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 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh. 22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable. 23 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:13
"'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an 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 Yahweh drove out before the children of Israel.
Romans 1:26-27
For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, surrounded the house, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him!"
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, having, in the same way as these, given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
Genesis 19:5
They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."