Verse Comparison: Leviticus 21:11
American Standard Version
neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
Amplified® Bible
Neither shall he go in where any dead body lies nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother;
Contemporary English Version
Don't make yourself unclean by going near a dead body, not even that of your own father or mother.
Darby English Version
Neither shall he come near any person dead, nor make himself unclean for his father and for his mother;
Good News Bible
He has been dedicated to me and is not to make himself ritually unclean nor is he to defile my sacred Tent by leaving it and entering a house where there is a dead person, even if it is his own father or mother.
King James Version
Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;
New American Standard Bible
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself {even} for his father or his mother;
New International Version
He must not enter a place where there is a dead body. He must not make himself unclean, even for his father or mother,
New King James Version
nor shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself for his father or his mother;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother;
Revised Standard Version
he shall not go in to any dead body, nor defile himself, even for his father or for his mother;
Young's Literal Translation
nor beside any dead person doth he come; for his father and for his mother he doth not defile himself;
