Deuteronomy 23:17
What does Deuteronomy 23:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 23:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949No 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.
Context
v.16he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
v.17This passage
v.18Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 15:12
And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
- 1 Kings 14:24
and there were also sodomites in the land: they did according to all the abominations of the nations which Jehovah drove out before the children of Israel.
- 1 Timothy 1:10
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
- Deuteronomy 22:29
then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
- Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
- Genesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
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