| NETBible | They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel 1 or a widow who is a priest’s widow. |
| NIV © |
They must not marry widows or divorced women; they may marry only virgins of Israelite descent or widows of priests. |
| NASB © |
"And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. |
| NLT © |
They may choose their wives only from among the virgins of Israel or the widows of the priests. They may not marry other widows or divorced women. |
| MSG © |
"Priests are not to marry widows or divorcees, but only Israelite virgins or widows of priests. |
| BBE © |
And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. |
| NRSV © |
They shall not marry a widow, or a divorced woman, but only a virgin of the stock of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. |
| NKJV © |
"They shall not take as wife a widow or a divorced woman, but take virgins of the descendants of the house of Israel, or widows of priests. |
| KJV | Neither shall they take <03947> (8799) for their wives <0802> a widow <0490>_, nor her that is put away <01644> (8803)_: but they shall take <03947> (8799) maidens <01330> of the seed <02233> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>_, or a widow <0490> that had a priest <03548> before. {put...: Heb. thrust forth} {that had...: Heb. from a priest} |
| NASB © |
"And they shall not marry <3947> a widow <490> or a divorced <1644> woman but shall take <3947> virgins <1330> from the offspring <2233> of the house <1004> of Israel <3478> , or a widow <490> who <834> is the widow <490> of a priest .<3548> |
| LXXM | kai <2532> CONJ chran <5503> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ ekbeblhmenhn {V-RPPAS} ou <3364> ADV lhmqontai <2983> V-FMI-3P eautoiv <1438> D-DPM eiv <1519> PREP gunaika <1135> N-ASF all <235> CONJ h <2228> CONJ paryenon <3933> N-ASF ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN spermatov <4690> N-GSN israhl <2474> N-PRI kai <2532> CONJ chra <5503> N-NSF ean <1437> CONJ genhtai <1096> V-AMS-3S ex <1537> PREP ierewv <2409> N-GSM lhmqontai <2983> V-FMI-3P |
| NET [draft] ITL | They must not <03808> marry <03947> a widow <0490> or a divorcee <01644> , but they may marry <03947> a virgin <01330> from the house <01004> of Israel <03478> or a widow who <0834> is <01961> a priest’s <03548> widow .<0490> |
| HEBREW | wxqy <03947> Nhkm <03548> hnmla <0490> hyht <01961> rsa <0834> hnmlahw <02233> larvy <03478> tyb <01004> erzm <02233> tlwtb <01330> Ma <0518> yk <03588> Mysnl <0802> Mhl <0> wxqy <03947> al <03808> hswrgw <01644> hnmlaw (44:22) <0490> |
| NETBible | They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel 1 or a widow who is a priest’s widow. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “from the offspring of the house of Israel.” |