Deuteronomy 14:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave a bald spot on your foreheads for the dead.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the ad.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Ye are the children{H1121} of Jehovah{H3068} your God:{H430} ye shall not cut{H1413} yourselves, nor make{H7760} any baldness{H7144} between your eyes{H5869} for the dead.{H4191}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Ye are the children{H1121} of the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}: ye shall not cut{H1413}{(H8704)} yourselves, nor make{H7760}{(H8799)} any baldness{H7144} between your eyes{H5869} for the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Ye are the childern of the Lorde youre God, cut not youre selues nor make you any baldnes betwene the eyes for any mas deeth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Ye are the children of the LORDE youre God, Cut not youre selues therfore, & make you no baldnesse betwene youre eyes ouer eny deed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Ye shall not cut yourselues, nor make you any baldnesse betweene your eyes for the dead.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Ye are the childre of the Lord your God: Ye shall not cut your selues, nor make you any baldnes betwene your eyes for ye dead man.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ Ye [are] the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Sons ye `are' to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Ye are the children of Jehovah your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You are the children of Yahweh your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:5 : 5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
  • Jer 16:6 : 6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.
  • Jer 41:5 : 5 That there came certain men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even eighty men, with their beards shaved, and their clothes torn, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
  • Rom 9:8 : 8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted as descendants.
  • Gal 3:26 : 26 For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 9:26 : 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there they shall be called the children of the living God.
  • Lev 19:27-28 : 27 You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.
  • Rom 8:16 : 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
  • Hos 1:10 : 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God.
  • John 1:12 : 12 But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become the children of God, to those who believe in his name:
  • John 11:52 : 52 And not for that nation only, but also that he would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
  • Jer 47:5 : 5 Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
  • Ps 82:6-7 : 6 I have said, 'You are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.' 7 But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
  • Jer 3:19 : 19 But I said, How shall I put you among the children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? And I said, You shall call me, My Father; and shall not turn away from me.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
  • Gen 6:4 : 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men of old, men of renown.
  • Exod 4:22-23 : 22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn. 23 And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me, and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn.
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
  • 1 Thess 4:13 : 13 But I would not have you be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.
  • Heb 2:10 : 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 Behold, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know him. 2 Beloved, now we are the children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be: but we know that when he appears, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.
  • 1 John 5:2 : 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Lev 19:26-28
    3 verses
    85%

    26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: nor shall you use enchantment, nor observe times.

    27 You shall not shave around the corners of your heads, nor shall you disfigure the edges of your beard.

    28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 21:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5 They shall not make baldness upon their heads, nor shave off the corner of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.

    6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God: therefore they shall be holy.

  • Jer 16:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land; they shall not be buried, nor shall anyone mourn for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them.

    7 Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.

  • 4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

  • 4 Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

  • 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:30-32
    3 verses
    71%

    30 You shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

    31 Do not turn to those who have familiar spirits, nor seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

    32 You shall rise before the gray-headed, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD.

  • 14 You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you;

  • 31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

  • 20 They shall neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they shall only trim their hair.

  • 16 Make yourself bald, and cut off your hair for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness like the eagle; for they have gone into captivity from you.

  • 9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

  • 1 You shall make no idols nor carved image, neither set up a standing image, nor shall you set up any image of stone in your land to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

    30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.

  • 24 You shall not offer unto the LORD what is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering of them in your land.

  • Num 6:5-7
    3 verses
    70%

    5 All the days of the vow of his separation no razor shall come upon his head: until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

    6 All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall not go near a dead body.

    7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or his mother, for his brother, or his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.

  • 1 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, None shall defile himself for the dead among his people:

  • 23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.

  • 14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

  • 21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  • 1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bull or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • 25 When you beget children, and children's children, and have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:

  • 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

  • 35 The LORD made a covenant with them, and commanded them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them.

  • 18 Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

  • 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

  • 39 And it shall be for you a fringe, that you may look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, in which you used to go astray:

  • 17 You shall make no molten gods for yourself.

  • 21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 4:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take anything from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

    3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you.

  • 7 That you do not come among these nations, those that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause anyone to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them:

  • 15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

  • 9 And if anyone dies very suddenly near him, and he defiles the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

  • 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.

  • 1 And you, son of man, take a sharp knife, take a barber's razor, and cause it to pass over your head and your beard: then take scales to weigh and divide the hair.

  • 14 For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.

  • 21 You shall not plant for yourself any grove of trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself.

  • 25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

  • 18 Therefore, you shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, so they may be as frontlets between your eyes.