And when he polled his head, (now it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
Ezekiel 44:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Neither shall they shave their heads or allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut short or trim the hair of their heads. American Standard Version (1901) Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. Common English Bible They must neither shave their heads nor let their hair grow long, but they will trim the hair on their heads. Catholic Public Domain Version Now they shall not shave their heads, and they shall not grow long hair. Instead, they shall trim the hair of their heads. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long heir: but they shall only poll their heads. |
And when he polled his head, (now it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight.
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword, as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonour to him?
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.