Leviticus 20:13

Punishments for Sexual Immorality

12If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.13If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

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Berean Standard Bible
If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
American Standard Version (1901)
And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Bible in Basic English
And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.
Free Bible Version
Men who have sex with other men as with a woman have done something disgusting. They must be executed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.
Geneva Bible 1599
The man also that lyeth with the male, as one lyeth with a woman, they haue both committed abomination: they shall dye the death, their blood shalbe vpon them.
King James (Authorized) Version
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
One Unity Resource Bible
“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Translation for Translators
‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
Unlocked Literal Bible
If a man sleeps with another man, as with a woman, both of them have done something detestable. They must surely be put to death. They are guilty and deserve to die.
Noah Webster Bible
If a man also shall lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
World English Bible
“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon themselves.
Young's Literal Translation
'And a man who lieth with a male as one lieth with a woman; abomination both of them have done; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them.