Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

King James Version

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Holman Bible

You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not lie
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

with mankind
זכר 
Zakar 
Usage: 83

as with
משׁכּב 
Mishkab 
Usage: 46

נשׁים אשּׁה 
'ishshah 
Usage: 780

Devotionals

Devotionals about Leviticus 18:22

References

Fausets

Images Leviticus 18:22

Prayers for Leviticus 18:22

Context Readings

Laws Of Sexual Relations

21 And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I am Jehovah. 22 And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is. 23 And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is.



Cross References

Leviticus 20:13

And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood is on them.

1 Kings 14:24

and also a whoremonger hath been in the land; they have done according to all the abominations of the nations that Jehovah dispossessed from the presence of the sons of Israel.

Romans 1:26-27

Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature;

1 Corinthians 6:9

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

1 Timothy 1:10

whoremongers, sodomites, men-stealers, liars, perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that to sound doctrine is adverse,

Deuteronomy 23:18

thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God are even both of them.

Judges 19:22

They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness -- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, 'Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.'

Jude 1:7

as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, in like manner to these, having given themselves to whoredom, and gone after other flesh, have been set before -- an example, of fire age-during, justice suffering.

Genesis 19:5

and they call unto Lot and say to him, 'Where are the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.'

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