Parallel Verses
King James Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
New American Standard Bible
Holman Bible
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;
International Standard Version
"I am the LORD. You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not lay with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Amplified
You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
Bible in Basic English
You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.
Julia Smith Translation
And with a male thou shalt not lie on a woman's bed: it is abomination.
King James 2000
You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is abomination.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not lie with a male as lying {with} a woman; that [is] a detestable thing.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is abomination to God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, for that is abomination.
NET Bible
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not have sexual relations with a male, as with a woman. That is detestable.
The Emphasized Bible
And, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind, - an abomination, it is.
Webster
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
World English Bible
"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
Youngs Literal Translation
And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Uncleanness
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:22
Images Leviticus 18:22
Prayers for Leviticus 18:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou 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
Leviticus 20:13
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
1 Kings 14:24
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
Romans 1:26-27
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
1 Corinthians 6:9
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 mankind,
1 Timothy 1:10
For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Deuteronomy 23:18
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Judges 19:22
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him.
Jude 1:7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Genesis 19:5
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.