Leviticus 21:14 — Compare Translations

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A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, [I Tim. 3:2-7; Tit. 1:7-9.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, [I Tim. 3:2-7; Tit. 1:7-9.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a dishonoured one, a harlot, these shall he not take; but he shall take as wife a virgin from among his peoples.

English EASY 2024

He must not marry a widow or a woman who has become separate from her husband. He must not marry a woman who has been a prostitute. Instead, he must choose a Levite woman who has not had sex before.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

He must not marry a woman who has had sexual relations with any man. He must not marry a prostitute, a divorced woman, or a widow. The high priest must marry a virgin from his own people.

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

not a widow or a divorced woman or a woman who has been a prostitute. He shall marry only a virgin from his own clan.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He must never marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has lost her virginity, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from his own people.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

English KJV 1611

A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.

English LSB

A widow or a divorced woman or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he shall take a virgin of his own people as a wife,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a defiled woman, or a prostitute, these he shall not marry. But he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Not a widow or a woman who has been divorced or a woman who has lost her honor as a prostitute, but a virgin, taken from his own people, shall he marry;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He must not marry a widow or a woman who is divorced. He must not marry a woman who is "unclean" because she is a prostitute. He must only get married to a virgin. She must come from his own people.

English NIV

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,

English NKJ 1982

A widow or a divorced woman or a defiled woman or a harlot—these he shall not marry; but he shall take a virgin of his own people as wife.

English NLT

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution. She must be a virgin from his own clan,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

A widow, or a divorced woman, or a woman who has been defiled, a prostitute, these he shall not marry. He shall marry a virgin of his own kin,

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

He may not marry a widow, nor a woman who is divorced, nor a prostitute. She must be a virgin from his own tribe,

English Tyndale 1537

but no widow nor divorced nor polluted whore. But he shall take a maiden of his own people to wife,