Leviticus 19:27

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou marre the corners of thy beard.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
- American Standard Version (1901)

The ends of the hair round your face and on your chin may not be cut off.
- Basic English Bible

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

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
- Webster's Bible

'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.
- World English Bible

`Ye do not round the corner of your head, nor destroy the corner of thy beard.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 19:27

19:27 The corners of your heads - That is your temples, ye shall not cut off the hair of your heads round about your temples. This the Gentiles did, either for the worship of their idols, to whom young men used to consecrate their hair, being cut off from their heads, as Homer, Plutarch and many others write; or in funerals or immoderate mournings, as appears from #Isa 15:2 Jer 48:37|. And the like is to be thought concerning the beard or the hair in the corner, that is, corners of the beard. The reason then of this prohibition is because God would not have his people agree with idolaters, neither in their idolatries, nor in their excessive sorrowing, no nor so much as in the appearances of it.