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Leviticus 18:23,25 - Compare All Versions

Leviticus 18:23 NIV (New International Version)

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 NIV (New International Version)

Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 NLT (New Living Translation)

“A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act.

Leviticus 18:25 NLT (New Living Translation)

Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out.

Leviticus 18:23 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

You are not to have sexual intercourse with  any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it;  it is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 KJV (King James Version)

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.

Leviticus 18:25 KJV (King James Version)

and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 NKJV (New King James Version)

Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 NKJV (New King James Version)

For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 MSG (The Message)

“Don’t have sex with an animal and violate yourself by it. “A woman must not have sex with an animal. That is perverse.

Leviticus 18:24-28 MSG (The Message)

“Don’t pollute yourself in any of these ways. This is how the nations became polluted, the ones that I am going to drive out of the land before you. Even the land itself became polluted and I punished it for its iniquities—the land vomited up its inhabitants. You must keep my decrees and laws—natives and foreigners both. You must not do any of these abhorrent things. The people who lived in this land before you arrived did all these things and polluted the land. And if you pollute it, the land will vomit you up just as it vomited up the nations that preceded you.

Leviticus 18:23 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has vomited out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 AMP (Amplified Bible)

You shall not have intimate relations with any animal to be defiled with it; nor shall a woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 AMP (Amplified Bible)

For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:23 NET (New English Translation)

You must not have sexual intercourse with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; it is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:25 NET (New English Translation)

Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.