Parallel Verses

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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 You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 23 Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Cross References

Leviticus 20:13

If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

1 Kings 14:24

There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

Romans 1:26-27

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

1 Corinthians 6:9

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals,

1 Timothy 1:10

and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

Judges 19:22

While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have relations with him.”

Jude 1:7

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

Genesis 19:5

and they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”

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