Deuteronomy 14:1

What does Deuteronomy 14:1 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 14:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Sons ye <FI>are<Fi> to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Be ye children of the Lord your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness for the dead;

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Ye are sons of Jehovah yourGod: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for a dead person.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2For 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 19:27

    Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

  • Genesis 6:2

    that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

  • 1 John 5:2

    Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

  • Jeremiah 3:19

    But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

  • Exodus 4:22

    And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

  • Hebrews 2:10

    For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

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