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Curses Pronounced from Ebal

Deuteronomy 27:21

In 11 translations

BSB
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
WEB
‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
ASV
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
LSV
“Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
YLT
'Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast, — and all the people have said, Amen.
DBY
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast! And all the people shall say, Amen.
DRC
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.
GNV
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shall say: So be it.
JPS
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.
LXXE
Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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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

WLC
אָר֕וּר שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־כָּל־בְּהֵמָ֑ה וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃
LXX-Br
Ἐπικατάρατος ὁ κοιμώμενος μετὰ παντὸς κτήνους· καὶ ἐροῦσι πᾶς ὁ λαὸς, γένοιτο.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 18:23You 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.
  • Leviticus 20:15If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
  • Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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