Leviticus 27:4

The NET Bible®

If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty 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.

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 spoke to Moses: ² "Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord , ³ the conversion value of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old is fifty shekels by the standard of the sanctuary shekel. ⁴ If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels. ⁵ If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. ⁶ If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver, and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver. ⁷ If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. ⁸ If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value. ⁹ "‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the Lord , anything which he gives to the Lord from this kind of animal will be holy. ¹⁰ He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy.

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, saying, "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth.

Genesis 24:60
They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies."

Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.

Genesis 27:7
‘Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:15
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob.

Genesis 27:20
But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied.

Genesis 27:22
So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's."

Genesis 27:23
He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob.

Genesis 27:25
Isaac said, "Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you." So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank.

Genesis 27:27
So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, "Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which 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.