Leviticus 18:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י אֶת־כָּל־הַתּוֹעֵבֹ֣ת הָאֵ֔ל עָשׂ֥וּ אַנְשֵֽׁי־הָאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַתִּטְמָ֖א הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

For kî ʾet-kol-hattôʿēbōt hāʾēl ʿāśû ʾanšê-hāʾārets ʾăšer before you lipnêkem and wattiṭmāʾ hāʾārets

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *kol*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
• *hattôʿēbōt*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the abominations
• *hāʾēl*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
• *ʿāśû*: Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they did
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *hāʾārets*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the land
• *ʾăšer*: relative particle - who/which
• *lipnêkem*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - before you
• *wattiṭmāʾ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and was defiled

Word Meanings

• *tôʿēbōt*: abominations/detestable things/abhorrent practices
• *ʿāśû*: they did/they practiced/they performed
• *ʾanšê*: men of/people of/inhabitants of
• *wattiṭmāʾ*: and was defiled/and became unclean/and was polluted

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defid;)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  (for all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done,{H6213} that were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled);{H2930}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  (For all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done{H6213}{(H8804)}, which were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled{H2930}{(H8799)};)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  (for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is defiled)

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  (for all soch abhominacions haue ye people of this lode done which were before you, & haue defyled the lande)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  (For all these abhominations, haue the men of the lande done whiche were before you, and the lande is defiled.)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled),

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

• American Standard Version (1901)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)

• World English Bible (2000)

  (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 18:24 : 24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.
• Deut 20:18 : 18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.
• Deut 23:18 : 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Deut 25:16 : 16 For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
• Deut 27:15 : 15 Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
• 1 Kgs 14:24 : 24 And there were also male shrine prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 16:3 : 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out from before the children of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 21:2 : 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
• 2 Chr 36:14 : 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Ezek 16:50 : 50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit.
• Ezek 22:11 : 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
• Hos 9:10 : 10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they went to Baal Peor, and separated themselves to that shame, and their abominations were according to their loves.