Leviticus 18:22
New International Version
“’Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

New Living Translation
“Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.

English Standard Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

Berean Standard Bible
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

New King James Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

New American Standard Bible
You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination.

NASB 1995
‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

NASB 1977
‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

Amplified Bible
You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.

Christian Standard Bible
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And do not lie down with a male in the lying down of a woman, because it is defiled.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

Contemporary English Version
It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Never have sexual intercourse with a man as with a woman. It is disgusting.

Good News Translation
No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that.

International Standard Version
You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."

JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.

Literal Standard Version
And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

Majority Standard Bible
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

New American Bible
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; such a thing is an 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 Revised Standard Version
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not have sexual relations with a male, as with a woman. That is detestable.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.

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Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination. 23You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.…

Cross References
Romans 1:27
Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

1 Timothy 1:10
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

Genesis 19:5
They called out to Lot, saying, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!"

Leviticus 20:13
If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Deuteronomy 23:18
You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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.

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.

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.

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Leviticus 18
1. Unlawful marriages and unlawful lusts














(22) As with womankind.--This was the sin of Sodom (Genesis 19:5), whence it derived its name, and in spite of the penalty of death enacted by the Law against those who were found guilty of it (see Leviticus 20:13), the Israelites did not quite relinquish this abominable vice (Judges 19:22; 1Kings 14:24), to which the surrounding nations were addicted and which was so prevalent in the time of the Apostles (Romans 1:27; 1Corinthians 6:9; Galatians 5:19; 1Timothy 1:10). By the law of Christ those who are guilty of this sin are excluded from the kingdom of God (1Corinthians 6:9-10), whilst the laws of civilised Europe rightly inflict the severest penalties upon offenders of this kind. . . . Verse 22. - The fourth prohibition forbids the sin of Sodom (see Genesis 19:5; Judges 11:22; Romans 1:27; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10). The penalty is death (Leviticus 20:13).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

lie
תִשְׁכַּ֖ב (ṯiš·kaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

with
וְאֶ֨ת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

a man
זָכָ֔ר (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male

as with
מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣י (miš·kə·ḇê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4904: Place of lying, a couch, act of lying

a woman;
אִשָּׁ֑ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

that
הִֽוא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

[is] an abomination.
תּוֹעֵבָ֖ה (tō·w·‘ê·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol


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