Leviticus 18:28
What does Leviticus 18:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which <FI>is<Fi> before you;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things: as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 36:13
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because they say unto you, Thou land art a devourer of men, and hast been a bereaver of thy nation;
- Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
- Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
- 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.
- Revelation 3:16
So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
- 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.
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