Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

New American Standard Bible

Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.

King James Version

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

Holman Bible

You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.

International Standard Version

"You are to be holy toward me, because I, the LORD, am holy. I've separated you from among the people to be mine.

A Conservative Version

And ye shall be holy to me, for I, LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.

Amplified

You are to be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.

Bible in Basic English

And you are to be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy and have made you separate from the nations, so that you may be my people.

Darby Translation

And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.

Julia Smith Translation

And, ye were holy to me: for I Jehovah am holy, and I will separate you from the nations to be to me.

King James 2000

And you shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, [am] holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.

Modern King James verseion

And you shall be holy to Me. For I, Jehovah, am holy, and have severed you from the nations, so that you should be Mine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Be holy unto me, for I the LORD am holy and have severed you from other nations: that ye should be mine.

NET Bible

You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

New Heart English Bible

You shall be holy to me: for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

The Emphasized Bible

Therefore shall ye be unto me, holy persons, for, holy, am, I - Yahweh, - Therefore have I distinguished you from the peoples, that ye may be mine.

Webster

And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

World English Bible

You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

Youngs Literal Translation

and ye have been holy to Me; for holy am I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And ye shall be holy
קדשׁ קדושׁ 
Qadowsh 
Usage: 116

unto me for I the Lord

Usage: 0

am holy
קדשׁ קדושׁ 
Qadowsh 
Usage: 116

בּדל 
Badal 
Usage: 42

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

References

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Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Smith

Context Readings

You Shall Be Holy

25 Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine. 27 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.

Cross References

Leviticus 19:2

Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy; for I Jehovah your God am holy.

Leviticus 20:7

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 20:24

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am Jehovah your God, who hath separated you from the peoples.

Deuteronomy 7:6

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 26:18-19

and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

Psalm 99:5

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.

Psalm 99:9

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.

Isaiah 6:3

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Isaiah 30:11

get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

1 Peter 1:15-16

but like as he who called you is holy, be ye yourselves also holy in all manner of living;

Revelation 3:7

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut, and that shutteth and none openeth:

Revelation 4:8

and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

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