Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.

King James Version

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Holman Bible

You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.

International Standard Version

"You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard.

A Conservative Version

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, nor shall thou mar the corners of thy beard.

American Standard Version

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

Amplified

You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard.

Bible in Basic English

The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.

Darby Translation

ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.

Julia Smith Translation

Ye shall not cut the extremities of your head, and thou shalt not destroy the extremities of thy beard.

King James 2000

You shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shall you disfigure the corners of your beard.

Lexham Expanded Bible

You shall not round off the corner [hair] of your head, and you shall not trim the corner of your beard.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not round the side of your head, nor mar the edge of your beard.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Ye shall not round the locks of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the tufts of thy beard.

NET Bible

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

New Heart English Bible

"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

The Emphasized Bible

Ye shall not shave in a circle around your head, - nor shalt thou disfigure the fringe of thy beard.

Webster

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

World English Bible

"'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ye shall not round
נקף 
Naqaph 
Usage: 19

the corners
פּאה 
Pe'ah 
פּאה 
Pe'ah 
Usage: 86
Usage: 86

of your heads
ראשׁ 
Ro'sh 
Usage: 598

שׁחת 
Shachath 
Usage: 146

Context Readings

Blood, Hair, And Body

26 Do not eat any meat with blood still in it. Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers. 27 You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 28 Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am Jehovah.

Cross References

Leviticus 21:5

You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.

Isaiah 15:2

They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off.

Jeremiah 48:37

They have all shaved their heads and cut off their beards. They have all made gashes on their hands, and everyone is wearing sackcloth.'

Deuteronomy 14:1

You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.

Jeremiah 16:6

Both great and small men will die in this land. They will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth and they will tremble all over. Their heads will be shaved, and they will all be disgraced.

Ezekiel 44:20

They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long. They must keep the hair on their heads trimmed.

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