Leviticus 27:4

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.

King James Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Lexham English Bible
But if it is for a female, then your proper value shall be thirty shekels.

New Century Version
The price for a woman twenty to sixty years old is about twelve ounces of silver.

New English Translation
If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels.

Amplified Bible
'Or if the person is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

New American Standard Bible
'Or if the person is a female, then your assessment shall be thirty shekels.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if it be a female, then thy valuation shal be thirtie shekels.

Legacy Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Complete Jewish Bible
if a woman, thirty shekels.

Darby Translation
and if it be of a female, thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Easy-to-Read Version
The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels.

English Standard Version
If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels.

George Lamsa Translation
And if it is a female, then her valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Christian Standard Bible®
If the person is a female, your assessment is thirty shekels.

Literal Translation
And if it is a female, then your evaluation shall be thirty shekels.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but a woman at thirtie Sycles.

American Standard Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Bible in Basic English
And if it is a female, the value will be thirty shekels.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shalbe thirtie sicles.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if it be a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.

King James Version (1611)
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirtie shekels.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.

English Revised Version
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Berean Standard Bible
Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sche schal yyue thretti siclis;

Young's Literal Translation
And if it [is] a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels;

Update Bible Version
And if it is a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if it [shall be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.

World English Bible
If it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels.

New King James Version
If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;

New Living Translation
A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver.

New Life Bible
For a woman it will be thirty pieces of silver.

New Revised Standard
If the person is a female, the equivalent is thirty shekels.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but if it be, a female, then shall thine estimate be thirty shekels.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If a woman, thirty.

Revised Standard Version
If the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord told Moses ² to say to the community of Israel: If you ever want to free someone who has been promised to me, ³you may do so by paying the following amounts, weighed according to the official standards: fifty pieces of silver for men ages twenty to sixty, and thirty pieces for women; twenty pieces of silver for young men ages five to twenty, and ten pieces for young women; fifteen pieces of silver for men ages sixty and above and ten pieces for women; five pieces of silver for boys ages one month to five years, and three pieces for girls. ⁸ If you have promised to give someone to me and can't afford to pay the full amount for that person's release, you will be taken to a priest, and he will decide how much you can afford. ⁹ If you promise to sacrifice an animal to me, it becomes holy, and there is no way you can set it free. ¹⁰ If you try to substitute any other animal, no matter how good, for the one you promised, they will both become holy and must be sacrificed. ¹¹ Donkeys are unfit for sacrifice, so if you promise me a donkey, you must bring it to the priest, ¹² and let him determine its value. ¹³ But if you want to buy it back, you must pay an additional twenty percent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thirty shekels: i.e., 4. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man. Zechariah 11:12, Zechariah 11:13, Matthew 26:15, Matthew 27:9, Matthew 27:10

Reciprocal: Judges 11:39 - did with

Cross-References

Genesis 14:19
and said to Abram: "I bless you in the name of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:60
They gave Rebekah their blessing and said, "We pray that God will give you many children and grandchildren and that he will help them defeat their enemies."

Genesis 27:1
After Isaac had become old and almost blind, he called in his first-born son Esau, who asked him, "Father, what can I do for you?"

Genesis 27:7
to kill a wild animal and cook some tasty food for your father before he dies. Your father said this because he wants to bless your brother with the Lord as his witness.

Genesis 27:15
Then she took Esau's best clothes and put them on Jacob.

Genesis 27:20
Isaac asked, "My son, how did you find an animal so quickly?" "The Lord your God was kind to me," Jacob answered.

Genesis 27:22
Jacob went closer. His father touched him and said, "You sound like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy like Esau's."

Genesis 27:23
And so Isaac blessed Jacob, thinking he was Esau.

Genesis 27:25
So Isaac told him, "Serve me the wild meat, and I can give you my blessing." Jacob gave him some meat, and he ate it. He also gave him some wine, and he drank it.

Genesis 27:27
While Jacob was kissing him, Isaac caught the smell of his clothes and said: "The smell of my son is like a field the Lord has blessed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if it [be] a female,.... That is, of the same age, full twenty years of age, and not more than sixty:

then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels; about three pounds ten shillings of our money, the price of a servant, Exodus 21:32; the reason of this difference of estimation between a man and a woman is, because the woman is the weaker vessel, and her labour and service of less importance and worth, such as spinning, washing, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:

Ages	Male	Female
From a month to five years of age	5 shekels	3 shekels
From five years to twenty of age	20 shekels	10 shekels
From forty years to sixty of age	50 shekels	30 shekels
Sixty years of age and older:	15 shekels	10 shekels

As regards the shekel of the sanctuary, see Exodus 38:24 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:4. And if it be a female — The woman, at the same age, vowed unto the Lord, might be redeemed for thirty shekels, 4£. 10s. sterling, a little more than one half of the value of the man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, could not be of so much use in the service of the sanctuary as the man, and was therefore of much less value.