Leviticus 18:23

NETBible

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.

NIV ©

"‘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.

NASB ©

‘Also you shall not have 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.

NLT ©

"A man must never defile himself by having sexual intercourse with an animal, and a woman must never present herself to a male animal in order to have intercourse with it; this is a terrible perversion.

MSG ©

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

BBE ©

And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

NRSV ©

You shall not have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman give herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it: it is perversion.

NKJV ©

‘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.


KJV
Neither shalt thou
<05414> (8799)
lie
<07903>
with any beast
<0929>
to defile
<02930> (8800)
thyself therewith: neither shall any woman
<0802>
stand
<05975> (8799)
before
<06440>
a beast
<0929>
to lie down
<07250> (8800)
thereto: it [is] confusion
<08397>_.
NASB ©

'Also you shall not have
<5414>
intercourse
<7903>
with any
<3605>
animal
<929>
to be defiled
<2930>
with it, nor
<3808>
shall any
<802>
woman
<802>
stand
<5975>
before
<6440>
an animal
<929>
to mate
<7250>
with it; it is a perversion
<8397>
.
LXXM
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
prov
<4314> 
PREP
pan
<3956> 
A-ASN
tetrapoun
<5074> 
A-ASN
ou
<3364> 
ADV
dwseiv
<1325> 
V-FAI-2S
thn
<3588> 
T-ASF
koithn
<2845> 
N-ASF
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
spermatismon {N-ASM} ekmianyhnai {V-APN} prov
<4314> 
PREP
auto
<846> 
D-ASN
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
gunh
<1135> 
N-NSF
ou
<3364> 
ADV
sthsetai
<2476> 
V-FMI-3S
prov
<4314> 
PREP
pan
<3956> 
A-ASN
tetrapoun
<5074> 
A-ASN
bibasyhnai {V-APN} museron {A-NSN} gar
<1063> 
PRT
estin
<1510> 
V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL
You must not
<03808>
have
<05414>
sexual intercourse
<07903>
with any
<03605>
animal
<0929>
to become defiled
<02930>
with it, and a woman
<0802>
must not
<03808>
stand
<05975>
before
<06440>
an animal
<0929>
to have sexual intercourse
<07250>
with it
<01931>
; it is a perversion
<08397>
.
HEBREW
awh
<01931>
lbt
<08397>
hebrl
<07250>
hmhb
<0929>
ynpl
<06440>
dmet
<05975>
al
<03808>
hsaw
<0802>
hb
<0>
hamjl
<02930>
Ktbks
<07903>
Ntt
<05414>
al
<03808>
hmhb
<0929>
lkbw (18:23)
<03605>

NETBible

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.

NET Notes

tn See the note on v. 20 above.

tn Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).

tn The Hebrew term תֶּבֶל (tevel, “perversion”) derives from the verb “to mix; to confuse” and therefore refers to illegitimate mixtures of species or violation of the natural order of things.