Leviticus 18:23 — compare English translations
Compare translationsLeviticus 18:23 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּבְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
בְּהֵמָ֛ה
bᵉhêmâh
H929
beast
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תִתֵּ֥ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
שְׁכָבְתְּךָ֖
shᵉkôbeth
H7903
copulation
לְטָמְאָה
ṭâmêʼ
H2930
to be unclean
בָ֑הּ
וְאִשָּׁ֗ה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תַעֲמֹ֞ד
ʻâmad
H5975
to stand
לִפְנֵ֧י
pânîym
H6440
face
בְהֵמָ֛ה
bᵉhêmâh
H929
beast
לְרִבְעָ֖הּ
râbaʻ
H7250
to lie down
תֶּ֥בֶל
tebel
H8397
perversion
הֽוּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
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World English Bible Public Domain
"'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And with any animal you shall not give your lying to become unclean by it. And a woman shall not stand to the face of an animal to mate with it. It perversion.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).