| Ezekiel 44:20 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | "Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | " 'They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long. They must keep the hair on their heads trimmed.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. |
| ASV: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. |
| BBE: | They are not to have all the hair cut off their heads, and they are not to let their hair get long, but they are to have the ends of their hair cut. |
| DBY: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long: they shall duly poll their heads. |
| ERV: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. |
| JPS: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. |
| WBS: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. |
| WEB: | Neither shall they shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut off the hair of their heads. |
| YLT: | And their head they do not shave, and the lock they do not send forth; they certainly poll their heads. |
| Ezekiel 44:20 Cross References |
| XREF: | Leviticus 21:5 'They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh.
Numbers 6:5 'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 44:20 Neither shall they {f} shave their heads, nor allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut [the hair of] their heads.
(f) As did the infidels and heathen. |
| WES: | 44:20 To grow long - Priding themselves in it, as Absalom. Shall only poll - When the hair is grown, they shall cut the ends of their hair, and keep it in moderate size. |
| MHC: | 44:1-31 This chapter contains ordinances relative to the true priests. The prince evidently means Christ, and the words in ver. 2, may remind us that no other can enter heaven, the true sanctuary, as Christ did; namely, by virtue of his own excellency, and his personal holiness, righteousness, and strength. He who is the Brightness of Jehovah's glory entered by his own holiness; but that way is shut to the whole human race, and we all must enter as sinners, by faith in his blood, and by the power of his grace. |
| CONC: | Allow Certainly Cut Duly Ends Forth Grow Hair Heads Lock Locks Poll Shave Suffer Trim Trimmed Yet |
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