Deuteronomy 27 · Verse 21

Deuteronomy 27:21

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:21, King James Version

Deuteronomy 27:21 in other translations

BSB‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
WEB‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASVCursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
YLT‘Cursed is he who is lying with any beast, --and all the people have said, Amen.
DARBYCursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast! And all the people shall say, Amen.
BBECursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.
WebsterCursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen.

What does Deuteronomy 27:21 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:11-26

The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a…

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Deuteronomy 27:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָר֕וּר'a.Rur[is] cursedH779
שֹׁכֵ֖בsho.Khev[one who] liesH7901
עִם\־'im-withH5973
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
בְּהֵמָ֑הbe.he.MahanimalH929
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand it will sayH559
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
אָמֵֽן\׃\ \ס'a.MenamenH543

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 27:21

  • Leviticus 18:23

    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.

  • Exodus 22:19

    Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

  • Leviticus 20:15

    And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

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Ex 22:19; Le 18:23; 20:15

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 27:20

    Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:21

    Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:22

    Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Deuteronomy 27:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Maldito el que tuviere parte con cualquiera bestia. Y dirá todo el pueblo: Amén.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Maudit qui couche avec une bête quelconque! Et tout le peuple dira: Amen!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Verflucht sei, wer bei irgend einem Vieh liegt! und das ganze Volk sage: Amen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Maledictus qui dormit cum omni jumento: et dicet omnis populus: Amen.