Leviticus 21:7 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he [is] holy to his God;
English ASV
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
English Amplified
They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or polluted or profane or divorced, for [the priest] is holy to his God.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or polluted or profane or divorced, for [the priest] is holy to his God.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution. They are not to marry one divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God.
English EASY 2024
A priest must not marry a woman who has been a prostitute. He must not marry a woman who has become separate from her husband. A priest must be holy to serve his God.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
"A priest serves God in a special way, so he must not marry a woman who has had sexual relations with any other man. He must not marry a prostitute or a divorced woman.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
A priest shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or a woman who is not a virgin or who is divorced; he is holy.
English God's Word - GW 1995
You should never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
They are not to marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
English KJV 1611
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
English LSB
They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
They shall not take a wife who is a whore or has been defiled, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband, for he is holy unto his God.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
'They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
"A priest shall not marry a woman who has been a prostitute or has lost her honor, nor a woman who has been divorced by her husband; for the priest is sacred to his God.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
" 'They must not get married to women who are "unclean" because they are prostitutes. They must not marry women who are divorced from their husbands. That is because priests are holy. They are set apart for me. I am their God.
English NIV
"'They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
English NKJ 1982
They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
English NLT
"The priests must not marry women defiled by prostitution or women who have been divorced, for the priests must be set apart to God as holy.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband. For they are holy to their God,
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A priest shall not marry a prostitute, nor a woman of another tribe, and he shall not marry a divorced woman, for he is a holy man of God.
English Tyndale 1537
They shall take no wife that is an whore, or polluted, or put from her husband: for a priest is holy unto his God.