Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
They shall not make baldness on their head, nor shall they shave the corner of their beard, nor make any cutting in their flesh.
New American Standard Bible
King James 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.
Holman Bible
“Priests may not make bald spots on their heads, shave the edge of their beards, or make gashes on their 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.
A Conservative 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.
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.
Amplified
The priests
Bible in Basic English
They are not to have their hair cut off for the dead, or the hair on their chins cut short, or make cuts in their flesh.
Darby 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.
Julia Smith 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.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And they shall not shave bald patches on their head, and they shall not shave off the corner of their beard, and they shall not make a cut in their body.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall make them no baldness upon their heads or shave off the locks of their beards, nor make any marks 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.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
They shall not make a baldness behind in their head, And the border of their beard, shall they not cut off, - And, in their flesh, shall they not make incisions.
Webster
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.
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.
Youngs 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;
Themes
Baldness » Artificial, as an idolatrous practice, forbidden
Beard » Idolatrous practice of marring, forbidden
Beards » Corners of, not to be marred for the dead
Body » Resurrection of » Sacred
Cutting » The flesh for the dead » Forbidden
Defilement » priests » Specially required to avoid
Head » Priests forbidden to shave, &c
The high priest » Forbidden to mourn for any
Mourning » For the dead » Cutting the flesh
Mourning » Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
priests » The duties of a priest
priests » Special laws respecting » Not to defile themselves for the dead except the nearest of kin
Topics
Interlinear
Ro'sh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 21:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Regulations Concerning Priests
4 A leader shall not defile himself among his people, to pollute himself. 5 They shall not make baldness on their head, nor shall they shave the corner of their beard, nor make any cutting in their flesh. 6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the fire offerings of Jehovah, the bread of their God. Therefore they shall be holy.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 14:1
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Ezekiel 44:20
Nor shall they shave their heads nor allow their hair to grow long; they shall only trim their heads.
Leviticus 19:27-28
You shall not round the side of your head, nor mar the edge of your beard.
Leviticus 10:6
And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, lest you die, and lest He be angry on all the people. But let your brothers, the whole of Israel, mourn the burning which Jehovah has kindled.
Isaiah 15:2
One has gone up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; baldness shall be on all their heads, every beard cut off.
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
Jeremiah 16:6
Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, nor shall men mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
Jeremiah 48:37
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feast into mourning, and all your songs into weeping; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning of an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.
Micah 1:16
Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for the sons of your delight; make your baldness large like the eagle; for they go into exile from you.