28And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.


In Context

25 and in the fifth year shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may increase unto you the produce thereof: I am Jehovah your God.

26 Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.

27 ye shall not shave the corners of your head round, neither shalt thou mutilate the corners of thy beard.

28 And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.

29 Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.

30 my sabbaths shall ye keep, And my sanctuary shall ye reverence: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:28" 'Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:28You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:28|'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:28And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:28You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD.