Leviticus 21:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
"'Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.

New Living Translation
“The priests must not shave their heads or trim their beards or cut their bodies.

English Standard Version
They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.

Berean Study Bible
Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

New American Standard Bible
They shall not shave any area on their heads bald, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

NASB 1995
'They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

NASB 1977
‘They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

Amplified Bible
The priests shall not shave their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their body.

Christian Standard Bible
“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their bodies.

Contemporary English Version
Don't shave any part of your head or trim your beard or cut yourself to show that you are mourning.

Good News Translation
"No priest shall shave any part of his head or trim his beard or cut gashes on his body to show that he is in mourning.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

International Standard Version
"They are not to cut their hair in ritualistic patterns on their heads, deface the edges of their beards, or make incisions in their flesh.

NET Bible
Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

New King James Version
‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

King James 2000 Bible
They shall not make any bald place upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

New Heart English Bible
"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

World English Bible
"'They shall not shave their heads, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

American King James Version
They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

American Standard Version
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

A Faithful Version
They shall not make a bald spot on their heads, nor shall they shave the corner of their beard, nor make any cutting in their flesh.

Darby Bible Translation
They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

English Revised Version
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
They shall not make balde partes vpon their head, nor shaue off the locks of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Let them not make baldnesse vpon their head, nor shaue of ye lockes of their bearde, nor make any cuttinges in their fleshe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade, ner shaue of his beerd, nether shall they cut out eny markes i their fleshe.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
They shall make the no baldnesse apon their heedes or shaue off the lockes of their beerdes, nor make any markes in their flesh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
they do not make baldness on their head, and they do not shave the corner of their beard, and they do not make a cutting in their flesh;

Young's Literal Translation
they do not make baldness on their head, and the corner of their beard they do not shave, and in their flesh they do not make a cutting;

Smith's Literal Translation
With baldness, they shall not make baldness upon their head, and they shall not shave the extremity of their beard: and in their flesh they shall not cut incisions.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Neither shall they shave their head or their beard, and they shall not make incisions in their flesh.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they certainly shall not shave their heads or they shall not shave the mustache of their beards, and they shall not cut cuttings in their flesh.

Lamsa Bible
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
















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