Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Don't bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the LORD your God."
New American Standard Bible
You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of LORD thy God for any vow, for even both these are an abomination to LORD thy God.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
Amplified
You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog [that is, a male prostitute] into the house of the Lord your God as payment for any vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are utterly repulsive to the Lord your God.
Bible in Basic English
Do not take into the house of the Lord your God, as an offering for an oath, the price of a loose woman or the money given to one used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: for these two things are disgusting to the Lord your God.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, and the price of a dog to the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow: for these two are also an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
King James 2000
You shall not bring the wages of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both of these are an abomination unto the LORD your God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You may not bring the {hire} of a prostitute or {the earnings of a male prostitute} [into] the house of Yahweh your God, for any vow offerings, because {both} are a detestable thing to Yahweh your God.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow. For even both these are hateful to Jehovah your God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt neither bring the hire of an whore nor the price of a dog into the house of the LORD thy God, in no manner of vow: for even both of them are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
NET Bible
You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not bring the wages of an unchaste woman, or the hire of a dog, into the house of Yahweh thy God for any vow, - for, an abomination unto Yahweh thy God, are they both.
Webster
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD thy God.
World English Bible
You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
Dog » Price of, not to be brought into the sanctuary
Dogs » Price of, not to be consecrated
Harlot (prostitute) » Hire of, not to be received at the temple
Harlots » General references to
Offerings » Things forbidden as » The price of fornication
Offerings » Things forbidden as » The price of a dog
Sexual activities » What sexual activities are forbidden
Vows » The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of
Whore » Revenues of, not to be brought to the sanctuary
Topics
Interlinear
Zanah
Bayith
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Tow`ebah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 23:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Cult Prostitution Forbidden
17 "There are to be no cultic prostitutes among the daughters or the sons of Israel. 18 Don't bring the earnings of a female prostitute nor the income of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow. Both of these are detestable to the LORD your God." 19 "Don't charge interest to your relatives, whether for money, food, or for anything that has been loaned at interest.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:21
"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, don't delay paying it, because the LORD your God will certainly demand payment from you, and then you will be guilty of sin.
Leviticus 7:16
"If his sacrifice accompanies a fulfilled vow or is a voluntary offering, it is to be eaten on the day the offeror brings the sacrifice. Anything left over is to be eaten the next day,
Leviticus 18:22
"I am the LORD. You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."
Deuteronomy 12:6
Bring your burnt offerings there, along with your sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-carried gifts, your offerings in fulfillment of promises, your freely given offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
Psalm 5:4-6
Indeed, you aren't a God who delights in wickedness; evil will never dwell with you.
Psalm 22:16
For dogs have surrounded me; a gang of those who practice of evil has encircled me. They gouged my hands and my feet.
Proverbs 26:11
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
Isaiah 56:10-11
His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge. They are all dumb dogs they cannot bark. They keep on dreaming and lying around, and they're lovers of sleep!
Isaiah 61:8
"For I, the LORD, love justice, and I hate robbery and iniquity; I will faithfully present your reward and make an everlasting covenant with you.
Ezekiel 16:33
"All prostitutes receive gifts, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, then you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to get your sexual favors!
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil; and you cannot tolerate wickedness. So why do you tolerate the treacherous? And why do you stay silent while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?
Malachi 1:14
"Cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock, and vows to give it, but sacrifices a mutilated one to the LORD. Indeed, I am a great king," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "and my name is feared among the Gentiles."
Matthew 7:6
"Never give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs. Otherwise, they will trample them with their feet and then turn around and attack you."
Philippians 3:2
Beware of the dogs! Beware of the evil workers! Beware of the mutilators!
2 Peter 2:22
The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
Revelation 22:15
Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.