Leviticus 20:16
What does Leviticus 20:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 20:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And a woman who draweth near unto any beast to lie with it--thou hast even slain the woman and the beast; they are certainly put to death; their blood <FI>is<Fi> on them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same. Their blood be upon them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if a woman approach unto any beast to gender therewith, thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Context
v.15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
v.16This passage
v.17And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:28
And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
- Hebrews 12:20
for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;
- Exodus 19:13
no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
- Exodus 21:32
If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
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