Leviticus 14:37
What does Leviticus 14:37 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 14:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and he shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And if he sees that the walls of the house are marked with hollows of green and red, and if it seems to go deeper than the face of the wall;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague <FI>is<Fi> in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance <FI>is<Fi> lower than the wall,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And if he see in the walls thereof as it were little dints, disfigured with paleness or redness, and lower than all he rest:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And when he looketh on the plague, and behold, the plague is in the walls of the house, greenish or reddish hollows, and their look is deeper than the surface of the wall,
Context
v.36And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:
v.37This passage
v.38then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 13:19
and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be showed to the priest;
- Leviticus 13:49
if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest.
- Leviticus 13:42
But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead.
- Leviticus 13:3
and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.
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