Leviticus 18:25
What does Leviticus 18:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.
Context
v.24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
v.25This passage
v.26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:38
And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
- Isaiah 24:5
The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.
- Ezekiel 36:17
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
- Leviticus 20:22
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
- Jeremiah 23:2
Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, against the shepherds that feed my people: Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them; behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith Jehovah.
- Deuteronomy 18:12
For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
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