Leviticus 18:22
What does Leviticus 18:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it <FI>is<Fi> .
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: because it is an abomination.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
Context
v.21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
v.22This passage
v.23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Leviticus 20:13
And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.
- 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;
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,
- Genesis 19:5
and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
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