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Exodus 22:19

In 11 translations

BSB
Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
KJV
¶ Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
WEB
“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
ASV
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
LSV
Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.
YLT
'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.
DBY
— Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.
DRC
Whosoever copulateth with a beast shall be put to death.
GNV
Whosoeuer lieth with a beast, shall dye the death.
JPS22:18
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
LXXE22:18
Every one that lies with a beast ye shall surely put to death.

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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

WLC22:18
כָּל־שֹׁכֵ֥ב עִם־בְּהֵמָ֖ה מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃KJV:Exod.22.19
LXX-Br22:18
Πᾶν κοιμώμενον μετὰ κτήνους θανάτῳ ἀποκτενεῖτε αὐτούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 27:21‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  • 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 20:15–16If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal. If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be…
  • Leviticus 18:25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 22:18 in some Bibles
  • 22:19 in most Bibles

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