Deuteronomy 27:21

Revised Standard Version

"'Cursed be he who lies with any kind of beast.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
‘The one who has sexual intercourse with any animal is cursed.’

Hebrew Names Version
Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amein.

King James Version
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Lexham English Bible
‘Cursed be the one who lies with any kind of animal.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

English Standard Version
"‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any kind of animal.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

New Century Version
"Anyone will be cursed who has sexual relations with an animal." Then all the people will say, "Amen!"

New English Translation
‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.' Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

Amplified Bible
'Cursed is he who is intimate with any animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

New American Standard Bible
'Cursed is one who has sexual intercourse with any animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: And all the people shal say: So be it.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.' And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.'

Complete Jewish Bible
"‘A curse on anyone who has sexual relations with any kind of animal.' All the people are to say, ‘Amen!'

Darby Translation
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast! And all the people shall say, Amen.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The Levites will say, ‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with any kind of animal!' "Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!'

George Lamsa Translation
Cursed be he who lies with any kind of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Good News Translation
"‘God's curse on anyone who has sexual relations with an animal.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'

Literal Translation
Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal! And all the people shall say, Amen!

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Cursed be he, yt lyeth wt eny maner beest. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

American Standard Version
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Bible in Basic English
Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Cursed be he yt lieth with any maner of beast: & all the people shal say, Amen.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.

King James Version (1611)
Cursed be hee that lieth with any maner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it.

English Revised Version
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Berean Standard Bible
'Cursed is he who has sexual relations with any animal.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Cursid is he that slepith with ony beeste; and al the puple schal seie, Amen!

Young's Literal Translation
`Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

Update Bible Version
Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Webster's Bible Translation
Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast: and all the people shall say, Amen.

World English Bible
Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amen.

New King James Version
"Cursed is the one who lies with any kind of animal.' "And all the people shall say, "Amen!'

New Living Translation
‘Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with an animal.' And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.'

New Life Bible
‘Cursed is the man who lies with any animal.' And all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'

New Revised Standard
"Cursed be anyone who lies with any animal." All the people shall say, "Amen!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Cursed, be he that lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say - Amen.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Cursed is he who lies with any animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, ¹² "When you have passed over the Jordan, these shall stand upon Mount Ger'izim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Is'sachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. ¹³ And these shall stand upon Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zeb'ulun, Dan, and Naph'tali. ¹⁴ And the Levites shall declare to all the men of Israel with a loud voice: ¹⁵ "'Cursed be the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' ¹⁶ "'Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' ¹⁷ "'Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' ¹⁸ "'Cursed be he who misleads a blind man on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' ¹⁹ "'Cursed be he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' ²⁰ "'Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father's.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 18:23, Leviticus 20:15

Cross-References

Genesis 27:12
Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him, and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."

Psalms 73:28
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works.

Isaiah 57:19
Peace, peace, to the far and to the near, says the LORD; and I will heal him.

James 4:8
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you men of double mind.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Cursed [be] he that lieth with any manner of beast,.... See

Leviticus 18:23;

and all the people shall say Amen; as being shocking and abhorrent to human nature.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place.

Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13

The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are added to the latter from the descendants of the wives, that of Reuben, probably because he forfeited his primogeniture Genesis 49:4; and of Zebulun, apparently because he was the youngest son of Leah.

The transaction presents itself as a solemn renewal of the covenant made by God with Abraham and Isaac, but more especially with Jacob and his family. Accordingly the genealogical basis of the “twelve patriarchs” (compare Acts 7:12; Revelation 7:4 ff), the sons of Jacob, is here assumed. The tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh are merged in the name of Joseph, their father; and Levi regains on this occasion his place collaterally with the others. “The Levites” of Deuteronomy 27:14 are no doubt “the priests the Levites” (compareJoshua 8:33; Joshua 8:33), in whom the ministerial character attaching to the tribe was more particularly manifested. It is noteworthy that the group of tribes which stood on Gerizim far exceeded the other in numbers and in importance, thus perhaps indicating that even by the Law the blessing should at length prevail.

Deuteronomy 27:15

The “Amen” attested the conviction of the utterers that the sentences to which they responded were true, just, and certain; so in Numbers 5:22, and in our own Commination Office, which is modelled after this ordinance of Moses.

Deuteronomy 27:15-26

Twelve curses against transgressions of the covenant. The first eleven are directed against special sins which are selected by way of example, the last comprehensively sums up in general terms and condemns all and every offence against God’s Law. Compare the marginal references.