Leviticus 27:4

Easy-to-Read Version

The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels.

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.

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 said to Moses, ² "Tell the Israelites: You might promise to give someone to the Lord as a servant. The priest must set a price for that person. ³ The price for a man from 20 to 60 years old is 50 shekels of silver. (You must use the official measure for the silver.) ⁴ The price for a woman who is 20 to 60 years old is 30 shekels. ⁵ The price for a man from 5 to 20 years old is 20 shekels. For a woman the price is 10 shekels. ⁶ The price for a boy from one month to five years old is 5 shekels. For a girl, the price is 3 shekels. ⁷ The price for a man who is 60 years old or older is 15 shekels. The price for a woman is 10 shekels. ⁸ "If anyone is too poor to pay the price, bring that person to the priest. The priest will decide how much money the person can afford to pay. ⁹ "You might promise to give an animal to the Lord. If it is a clean animal—one that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord —then the animal you bring will become holy. ¹⁰ You must not put any other animal in its place. Don't try to trade a good animal for a bad one or a bad animal for a good one. If you try to change animals, both animals will become holy—they will both belong to the Lord.

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
He blessed Abram and said, "Abram, may you be blessed by God Most High, the one who made heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:60
While Rebekah was leaving they said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of millions of people, and may your descendants defeat their enemies and take their cities."

Genesis 27:1
Isaac grew old, and his eyes became so weak that he could not see clearly. One day he called his older son Esau to him and said, "Son!" Esau answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 27:7
Your father said, ‘Kill an animal for me to eat. Prepare the food for me, and I will eat it. Then, with the Lord as witness, I will bless you before I die.'

Genesis 27:15
Then Rebekah took the clothes that her older son Esau loved to wear. She put these clothes on the younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:20
But Isaac said to his son, "How have you hunted and killed the animals so quickly?" Jacob answered, "Because the Lord your God allowed me to find the animals quickly."

Genesis 27:22
So Jacob went to Isaac his father. Isaac felt him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your arms are hairy like the arms of Esau."

Genesis 27:23
Isaac did not know it was Jacob, because his arms were hairy like Esau's. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Genesis 27:25
Then Isaac said, "Bring me the food. I will eat it and bless you." So Jacob gave him the food, and he ate it. Then Jacob gave him some wine, and he drank it.

Genesis 27:27
So Jacob went to his father and kissed him. When Isaac smelled Esau's clothes, he blessed him and said, "My son smells like the fields 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.