Leviticus 21:2 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

except for his relation who [is] near unto him -- for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

English ASV

except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

English Amplified

Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

English EASY 2024

But if it is someone from his family who has died, he may touch their body. It may be his mother, his father, his son, his daughter or his brother.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But if the dead person was one of his close relatives, he can touch the dead body. The priest can make himself unclean if the dead person is his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother or

except for his closest relatives, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

unless it is his mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

English God's Word - GW 1995

However, you are allowed to become unclean when one of your nearest relatives dies. These relatives include your mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

except for his immediate family: his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother.

English KJV 1611

But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother.

English LSB

except for his blood relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

but for his closest relatives, that is, for his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother,

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

except for his nearest relatives, his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But he can go near the body of a close relative. It could be his mother, father, son, daughter or brother.

English NIV

except for a close relative, such as his mother or father, his son or daughter, his brother,

English NKJ 1982

except for his relatives who are nearest to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, and his brother;

English NLT

unless it is a close relative--mother or father, son or daughter, brother

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

except for his nearest kin: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

except for his nearest of kin, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

unless it is a near relative—a mother, father, son, daughter, brother,

English Tyndale 1537

but upon his kin that is nigh unto him: as his mother, father, son, daughter and brother:

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