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Leviticus 19 - Compare Translations

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Leviticus 19:1
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
WEBYahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
YLTAnd Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus 19:2
KJVSpeak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy.
WEB“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
YLT`Speak unto all the company of the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, Ye are holy, for holy [am] I, Jehovah, your God.
Leviticus 19:3
KJVYe shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
WEB“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
YLT`Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:4
KJVTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
WEB“‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh your God.
YLT`Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:5
KJVAnd if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
WEB“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
YLT`And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it;
Leviticus 19:6
KJVIt shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
WEBIt shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.
YLTin the day of your sacrificing it is eaten, and on the morrow, and that which is left unto the third day with fire is burnt,
Leviticus 19:7
KJVAnd if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
WEBIf it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
YLTand if it be really eaten on the third day, it [is] an abomination, it is not pleasing,
Leviticus 19:8
KJVTherefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
WEBbut everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
YLTand he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.
Leviticus 19:9
KJVAnd when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
WEB“‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.
YLT`And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,
Leviticus 19:10
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Leviticus 19:11
KJVYe shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
WEB“‘You shall not steal.
YLT`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.
Leviticus 19:12
KJVAnd ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
YLT`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:13
KJVThou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
WEB“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
YLT`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.
Leviticus 19:14
KJVThou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
YLT`Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:15
KJVYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
WEB“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
YLT`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
Leviticus 19:16
KJVThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people.
YLT`Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:17
KJVThou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
WEB“‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
YLT`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.
Leviticus 19:18
KJVThou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.
YLT`Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:19
KJVYe shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
WEB“‘You shall keep my statutes.
YLT`My statutes ye do keep: thy cattle thou dost not cause to gender [with] diverse kinds; thy field thou dost not sow with diverse kinds, and a garment of diverse kinds, shaatnez, doth not go up upon thee.
Leviticus 19:20
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Leviticus 19:21
KJVAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
WEBHe shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.
YLT`And he hath brought in his guilt-offering to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, a ram [for] a guilt-offering,
Leviticus 19:22
KJVAnd the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
WEBThe priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.
YLTand the priest hath made atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering before Jehovah, for his sin which he hath sinned, and it hath been forgiven him because of his sin which he hath sinned.
Leviticus 19:23
KJVAnd when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
WEB“‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years they shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.
YLT`And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all [kinds] of trees [for] food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,
Leviticus 19:24
KJVBut in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.
WEBBut in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.
YLTand in the fourth year all its fruit is holy -- praises for Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:25
KJVAnd in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the Lord your God.
WEBIn the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your God.
YLTAnd in the fifth year ye do eat its fruit -- to add to you its increase; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:26
KJVYe shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
WEB“‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
YLT`Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
Leviticus 19:27
KJVYe shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
WEB“‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.
YLT`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
Leviticus 19:28
KJVYe shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
YLT`And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:29
KJVDo not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
WEB“‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
YLT`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.
Leviticus 19:30
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Leviticus 19:31
KJVRegard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
WEB“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
YLT`Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:32
KJVThou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.
YLT`At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
Leviticus 19:33
KJVAnd if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
WEB“‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
YLT`And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;
Leviticus 19:34
KJVBut the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
WEBThe stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your God.
YLTas a native among you is the sojourner to you who is sojourning with you, and thou hast had love to him as to thyself, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Leviticus 19:35
KJVYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
WEB“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
YLT`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
Leviticus 19:36
KJVJust balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
WEBYou shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
YLTrighteous balances, righteous weights, a righteous ephah, and a righteous hin ye have; I [am] Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
Leviticus 19:37
KJVTherefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.
WEB“‘You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.’”
YLTand ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I [am] Jehovah.'
37 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT