Keep My Statutes

Leviticus 19:27

In 11 translations

BSB: You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
KJV: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
WEB: “‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
ASV: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
LSV: You do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of your beard.
YLT: 'Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
DBY: — Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.
DRC: Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.
GNV: Ye shall not cut rounde the corners of your heades, neither shalt thou marre the tuftes of thy beard.
JPS: Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
LXXE: Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁחִ֔ית אֵ֖ת פְּאַ֥ת זְקָנֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br: Οὐ ποιήσετε σισόην ἐκ τῆς κόμης τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν, οὐδὲ φθερεῖτε τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ πώγωνος ὑμῶν.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Leviticus 21:5Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
Deuteronomy 14:1You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
Ezekiel 44:20They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but must carefully trim their hair.
Jeremiah 48:37For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
Jeremiah 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
Ezekiel 7:18They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

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