The Uncleanness of Women
Leviticus 15:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Anything on which she lies or sits during her menstruation will be unclean,
- KJV
- And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- WEB
- “‘Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.
- ASV
- And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- LSV
- And anything on which she lies in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sits is unclean;
- YLT
- 'And anything on which she lieth in her separation is unclean, and anything on which she sitteth is unclean;
- DBY
- And everything that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- DRC15:21
- And every thing that she sleepeth on, or that she sitteth on in the days of her separation, shall be defiled.
- GNV
- And whatsoeuer she lieth vpon in her separation, shalbe vncleane, and euery thing that she sitteth vpon, shalbe vncleane.
- JPS
- And every thing that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean; every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.
- LXXE
- And every thing whereon she shall lie in her separation, shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עָלָ֛יו בְּנִדָּתָ֖הּ יִטְמָ֑א וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־תֵּשֵׁ֥ב עָלָ֖יו יִטְמָֽא׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ πᾶν ἐφʼ ὃ ἂν κοιτάζηται ἐπʼ αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ ἀφέδρῳ αὐτῆς, ἀκάθαρτον ἔσται· καὶ πᾶν ἐφʼ ὃ ἂν ἐπικαθίσῃ ἐπʼ αὐτὸ, ἀκάθαρτον ἔσται.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AblutionGonorrheaSeparationMenstruationEven; Evening; EventideCleanBath, BathingDefilementDiseaseJohn the Baptist
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 15:4–9Any bed on which the man with the discharge lies will be unclean, and any furniture on which he sits will be unclean. Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until…
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 9:13–18The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight. “Whoever is…
- Proverbs 5:3–13Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.…
- Proverbs 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Proverbs 7:10–27Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart. She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home. Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner. She seizes…
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- Proverbs 6:35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- Proverbs 2:16–19It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- Content check: text matches KJV Lev.15.20 (word overlap 0.55), not Lev.15.21 (0.00); standard ref corrected from Lev.15.21 (TVTMS action was 'identity').