Leviticus 19:27
What does Leviticus 19:27 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 19:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Nor shall you cut your hair roundwise: nor shave your beard.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— Ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:5
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.
- Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
- Isaiah 15:2
They are gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep: Moab waileth over Nebo, and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, every beard is cut off.
- Ezekiel 44:20
Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads.
- Jeremiah 16:6
Both great and small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them;
- Ezekiel 7:18
They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
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