Exodus 22 · Verse 19

Exodus 22:19

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 22:19, King James Version

Exodus 22:19 in other translations

BSBWhoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
WEB“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
ASVWhosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
YLT‘Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.
DARBY— Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.
BBEAny man who has sex connection with a beast is to be put to death.
WebsterWhoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

What does Exodus 22:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Lieth with a beast - If this most abominable crime had not been common, it never would have been mentioned in a sacred code of laws. It is very likely that it was an Egyptian practice; and it is certain, from an account in Sonnini's Travels, that it is practiced in Egypt to the present day.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Exodus 22:19 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.

כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
שֹׁכֵ֥בsho.Khev[one who] liesH7901
עִם\־'im-withH5973
בְּהֵמָ֖הbe.he.Mahan animalH929
מ֥וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191
יוּמָֽת\׃\ \סyu.Mathe will be put to deathH4191

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

Cross references for Exodus 22:19

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 27:21

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

  • Leviticus 20:15-16

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

  • Leviticus 18:25

    And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Le 18:23,25; 20:15,16; De 27:21

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Context

  • Exodus 22:18

    Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

  • Exodus 22:19

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

  • Exodus 22:20

    He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

Read all of Exodus 22

Exodus 22:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cualquiera que tuviere ayuntamiento con bestia, morirá.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Celui qui sacrifie à un dieu, si ce n’est à l’ Éternel seul, sera voué à la destruction.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jeder, der bei einem Vieh liegt, soll gewißlich getötet werden. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui coierit cum jumento, morte moriatur.