Verse Comparison: Leviticus 21:5
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® Bible
The priests [like the other Israelite men] shall not shave the crown of their heads or clip off the corners of their beard or make any cuttings in their flesh.
Contemporary English Version
Don't shave any part of your head or trim your beard or cut yourself to show that you are mourning.
Darby English Version
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.
Good News Bible
"No priest shall shave any part of his head or trim his beard or cut gashes on his body to show that he is in mourning.
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.
New American Standard Bible
`They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
New International Version
" 'Priests must not shave their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or cut their bodies.
New King James Version
‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
Revised Standard Version
They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
Young's 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;
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