God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 19:29
29“Never dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted.
Leviticus 19:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry, and the land become full of wickedness.
Context of Leviticus 19:29
27“Never shave the hair on your foreheads, and never cut the edges of your beard. 28Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the Lord. “Never dishonor your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the country will turn to prostitution and be filled with people who are perverted. 30“Observe my days of rest as holy days and respect my holy tent. I am the Lord. 31“Don’t turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am the Lord your God.
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:29 word by word
אַל־תְּחַלֵּ֥ל אֶֽת־בִּתְּךָ֖ לְהַזְנוֹתָ֑הּ וְלֹא־תִזְנֶ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְאָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ זִמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:29
- Leviticus 21:7You should never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God’s holy man.
- Deuteronomy 23:17No Israelite man or woman should ever become a temple prostitute.
- Hosea 4:12My people ask their wooden idols for help. A piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods.
- 1 Corinthians 6:15Don’t you realize that your bodies are parts of Christ’s body? Should I take the parts of Christ’s body and make them parts of a prostitute’s body? That’s unthinkable!
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Do not prostitute thy daughter - This was a very frequent custom, and with examples of it writers of antiquity abound. The Cyprian women, according to Justin, gained that portion which their husbands received with them at marriage by previous public prostitution. And the Phoenicians, according to Augustine, made a gift to Venus of the gain acquired by the public prostitution of their daughters, previously to their marriage. "Veneri donum dabant, et…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Compare Leviticus 21:9 and Deuteronomy 23:17.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-372. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel--Many of the laws enumerated in this chapter had been previously announced. As they were, however, of a general application, not suited to particular classes, but to the nation at large, so Moses seems, according to divine instructions, to have rehearsed them, perhaps on different occasions and to successive divisions of the people, till "all the congregation of the children of Israel" were…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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