Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
You shall not make any cuts in your
King James Version
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Holman Bible
You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead
A Conservative Version
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you. I am LORD.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
Amplified
You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
Darby Translation
And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And ye shall not give an incision for the soul in your flesh, and a mark of stigma ye shall not give upon you: I Jehovah.
King James 2000
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you shall not make a slash in your body for a dead person, nor shall you make on yourselves a tattoo's mark; I [am] Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you. I am Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye shall not rent your flesh for any soul's sake, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
NET Bible
You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Cuttings for a dead person, shall ye not make in your flesh. And punctures in your persons, shall ye not print, - I, am Yahweh.
Webster
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
World English Bible
"'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I am Jehovah.
Themes
Body » Resurrection of » Sacred
Cutting » The flesh for the dead » Forbidden
The Dead » Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden
Flesh » What should not be done to your flesh
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Basar
Nephesh
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 19:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blood, Hair, And Body
27 "You are not to cut your hair in ritualistic patterns on your head or deface the edges of your beard. 28 "You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD. 29 "You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won't become filled with wickedness.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:1
"You are children of the LORD your God. You must not lacerate yourselves or shave your foreheads on account of the dead,
Leviticus 21:5
"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.
1 Kings 18:28
So the prophets of Baal cried even louder and slashed themselves with swords and lances until their blood gushed out all over them, as was their custom.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both the most and the least important people will die in this land, and they won't be buried. People won't mourn for them. They won't cut themselves, nor will they shave their heads for them.
Jeremiah 48:37
Indeed every head will be bald and every beard cut short. There will be gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
Leviticus 21:1
The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people,
Mark 5:5
He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.
Revelation 13:16-17
The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,
Revelation 14:9
Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying in a loud voice, "Whoever worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or his hand
Revelation 14:11
The smoke from their torture goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image or for anyone who receives the mark of its name."
Revelation 15:2
Then I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who had conquered the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing on the sea of glass holding God's harps in their hands.
Revelation 16:2
So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. A horrible, painful sore appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the image.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. By these signs the false prophet had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshipped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came back to life and ruled with the Messiah for a thousand years.