Deuteronomy 23:17

In 11 translations

BSB

No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

KJV

¶ There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.whore: or, sodomitess

WEB

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

ASV

There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

LSV

There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

YLT

'There is not a whore among the daughters of Israel, nor is there a whoremonger among the sons of Israel;

DBY

There shall be no prostitute amongst the daughters of Israel, nor any Sodomite amongst the sons of Israel.

DRC

There shall be no whore among the daughters of Israel, nor whoremonger among the sons of Israel.

GNV

There shalbe no whore of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a whore keeper of the sonnes of Israel.

JPS23:18

There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

LXXE23:18

There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an initiated person of the sons of Israel.Or, sodomitess or harlot.Or, sodomite.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC23:18

לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה קְדֵשָׁ֖ה מִבְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה קָדֵ֖שׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵל׃KJV:Deut.23.17We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

LXX-Br23:18

Οὐκ ἔσται πόρνη ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται πορνεύων ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· οὐκ ἔσται τελεσφόρος ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ἰσραήλ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται τελισκόμενος ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• 2 Kings 23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.
• 1 Kings 14:24There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land. They imitated all the abominations of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• Leviticus 19:29You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
• 1 Kings 22:46He banished from the land the male shrine prostitutes who remained from the days of his father Asa.
• Deuteronomy 22:21she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge…
• 1 Kings 15:12He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
• 1 Timothy 1:10for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
• 1 Corinthians 6:9Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
• Romans 1:26–28For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. Likewise, the men abandoned natural relations with women and burned with lust for one…
• Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
• Judges 19:22While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can…
• Genesis 19:4–5Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house. They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have…
• Deuteronomy 22:29then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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