Leviticus 21:7 - Compare All Versions
Leviticus 21:7-8 MSG (The Message)
“Because a priest is holy to his God he must not marry a woman who has been a harlot or a cult prostitute or a divorced woman. Make sure he is holy because he serves the food of your God. Treat him as holy because I, GOD, who make you holy, am holy.
Leviticus 21:7 KJV (King James Version)
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:7 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:7 NCV (New Century Version)
“ ‘A priest must not marry an unclean prostitute or a divorced woman, because he is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:7 ASV (American Standard Version)
They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus 21:7 NIV (New International Version)
“ ‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
Leviticus 21:7 NKJV (New King James Version)
They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or a defiled woman, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:7 AMP (Amplified Bible)
They shall not take [as a wife] a woman who is a prostitute, nor a woman who is divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:7 NLT (New Living Translation)
“Priests may not marry a woman defiled by prostitution, and they may not marry a woman who is divorced from her husband, for the priests are set apart as holy to their God.
Leviticus 21:7 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.