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Leviticus 19:26-28 - Compare All Versions

Leviticus 19:26-28 NIV (New International Version)

“ ‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it. “ ‘Do not practice divination or seek omens. “ ‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. “ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes. You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 NLT (New Living Translation)

“Do not eat meat that has not been drained of its blood. “Do not practice fortune-telling or witchcraft. “Do not trim off the hair on your temples or trim your beards. “Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

“You are not to eat anything with blood in it.  , You are not to practice divination  or witchcraft.  You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.  You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead  or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 KJV (King James Version)

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 NKJV (New King James Version)

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying. You shall not shave around the sides of your head, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 MSG (The Message)

“Don’t eat meat with blood in it. “Don’t practice divination or sorcery. “Don’t cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard. “Don’t gash your bodies on behalf of the dead. “Don’t tattoo yourselves. I am GOD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood. You shall not practice divination nor soothsaying. You shall not round off the hairline of your heads, nor trim the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 AMP (Amplified Bible)

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination [using omens or witchcraft] or soothsaying. You shall not trim and round off the side-growth of [the hair on] your heads, nor mar the edges of your beard. You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:26-28 NET (New English Translation)

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the LORD.