Leviticus 21:4 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁴ He shall not defile himself as a husband among his people and so profane himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ He shall not even defile himself, being a [bereaved] husband [his wife not being his blood kin] or being a chief man among his people, and so profane himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Common English Bible

⁴ You must not make yourself unclean for in-laws, defiling yourself by doing so.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ But not even by the leader of his people shall he be contaminated.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But not even for the prince of his people shall he do any thing that may make him unclean.

Leviticus 21:4 Cross References

Leviticus 21:3

or his virgin sister (who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself).

Leviticus 21:5

They shall not make tonsures upon their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.