Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:22 in other translations
| BSB | You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. |
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| WEB | “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable. |
| ASV | Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. |
| YLT | ‘And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination. |
| BBE | You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing. |
| Webster | Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. |
What does Leviticus 18:22 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Leviticus 18:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 18:22
- 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 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,
- 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: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Context
- Leviticus 18:21
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.
- Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
- 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.
Leviticus 18:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No te echarás con varón como con mujer: es abominación. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne coucheras point avec un mâle, comme on couche avec une femme: c’est une abomination. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und bei einem Manne sollst du nicht liegen, wie man bei einem Weibe liegt: es ist ein Greuel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum masculo non commiscearis coitu femineo, quia abominatio est. |