Verse List for EXO 20:25

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OET (OET-RV) If you do make me an altar with stones, you mustn’t use cut stones to build it because moving your tools over it will defile it.

OET-LV And_if an _altar _of stones you _will _make to/for_me not you _must _build them hewn_stone if/because tool _of_your you _have _wielded on/upon_it(f) and_you_have _profaned _it.

ULT And if you make me an altar of stones, you shall not build them of cut stones, for causing your tool to move over it will defile it.

UST If you build an altar for me out of stone, do not cut the stones because the cutting tool will profane the altar.

BSB & MSB Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE & WMBB If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.

NET If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it.

LSV And if you make an altar of stones for Me, you do not build them of hewn work; when you have waved your tool over it, then you defile it;

FBV Now if you make an altar out of stones for me, you must not build it with cut stones, because if you use a chisel to cut the stone, you make it unholy.

T4T If you make for me an altar from stones, do not make it from stones that you have cut to make them look nice, because you will make the altar unsuitable for worshiping me if you use tools to cut the stones.

LEB And if you make an altar of stones for me, you will not build them as hewn stone, because if you use your chisel on it, you have defiled it.

BBE And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS (20-22) And if thou make Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

ASV And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

DRA And if thou make an altar of stone unto me, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up a tool upon it, it shall be defiled.

YLT 'And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;

Drby And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone; for if thou lift up thy sharp tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.

RV And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
(And if thou/you make me an altar of stone, thou/you shalt/shall not build it of hewn/chopped stones: for if thou/you lift up thy/your tool upon it, thou/you hast polluted it.)

SLT And if thou shalt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them, cutting, for didst thou lift up thy sword upon it, and thou shalt defile it.

Wbstr And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou shalt lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

KJB-1769 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.[fn]
(And if thou/you wilt/will make me an altar of stone, thou/you shalt/shall not build it of hewn/chopped stone: for if thou/you lift up thy/your tool upon it, thou/you hast polluted it.)

KJB-1611 And if thou wilt make mee an Altar of stone, thou shalt not [fn]build it of hewen stone: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon it, thou hast polluted it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps And if thou wylt make me an aulter of stone, see thou make it not of hewen stone: els if thou lyft vp thy toole vpon it, thou hast poluted it.
(And if thou/you wilt/will make me an altar of stone, see thou/you make it not of hewn/chopped stone: else if thou/you lift up thy/your tool upon it, thou/you hast polluted it.)

Gnva But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them.
(But if thou/you wilt/will make me an altar of stone, thou/you shalt/shall not build it of hewn/chopped stones: for if thou/you lift up thy/your tool upon them, thou/you hast polluted them.)

Cvdl And yf thou wilt make me an altare of stone, thou shalt not make it of hewen stone: For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it, thou shalt vnhalowe it.
(And if thou/you wilt/will make me an altar of stone, thou/you shalt/shall not make it of hewn/chopped stone: For if thou/you lift up thy/your tole upon it, thou/you shalt/shall unhalowe it.)

Wycl That if thou schalt make an auter of stoon to me, thou schalt not bilde it of stoonys hewun; for if thou schalt reise thi knyif theronne, it schal be `polluted, ether defoulid.
(That if thou/you shalt/shall make an altar of stone to me, thou/you shalt/shall not build it of stones hewn/chopped; for if thou/you shalt/shall raise thy/your knyif thereonne, it shall be polluted, either defiled.)

Luth Und so du mir einen steinernen Altar willst machen, sollst du ihn nicht von gehauenen Steinen bauen; denn wo du mit deinem Messer darüber fährest, so wirst du ihn entweihen.
(And so you(sg) to_me a stone altar want make, should you(sg) him/it not from hackedn stones(n) build; because/than where you(sg) with your Messer about_it drive/ride/run, so will you(sg) him/it desecrate.)

ClVg Quod si altare lapideum feceris mihi, non ædificabis illud de sectis lapidibus: si enim levaveris cultrum super eo, polluetur.[fn]
(That when/but_if the_altar stoneum you_did to_me, not/no buildbis it/this/that from/about sectis stones: when/but_if because raise/liftveris cultrum over by_him, will_be_polluted.)

UHB וְ⁠אִם־מִזְבַּ֤ח אֲבָנִים֙ תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֔⁠י לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְ⁠הֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית כִּ֧י חַרְבְּ⁠ךָ֛ הֵנַ֥פְתָּ עָלֶ֖י⁠הָ וַ⁠תְּחַֽלְלֶֽ⁠הָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐὰν δὲ θυσιαστήριον ἐκ λίθων ποιῇς μοι, οὐκ οἰκοδομήσεις αὐτοὺς τμητούς· τὸ γὰρ ἐγχειρίδιόν σου ἐπιβέβληκας ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ μεμίανται.

BrTr And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.