Parallel Verses
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
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.
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
Do not shave the hair on your foreheads. Do not cut the edges of your beard.
28 You shall not make any cuts in your
Cross References
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.
Leviticus 21:5
You should never mourn by shaving bald spots on your heads, shaving the edges of your beards, or slashing your bodies.
1 Kings 18:28
So they gave loud cries and they cut themselves with knives and swords till the blood came streaming out all over them.
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.
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.'
Leviticus 21:1
Jehovah gave Moses these instructions for Aaron's sons, the priests: Touching a dead body will make you unclean. So do not go near a dead relative,
Mark 5:5
Day and night in the tombs and in the mountains he cried out. He would cut himself with stones.
Revelation 13:16-17
And he forces all persons, the great and the small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads.
Revelation 14:9
The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation 14:11
The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever. They who worship the beast and his image and receive the mark of his name have no rest day or night.
Revelation 15:2
I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of God.
Revelation 16:2
The first poured out his bowl on the earth. A painful and grievous sore appeared on the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his image.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
Revelation 20:4
I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.