Leviticus 27:4

English Standard Version

If the person is a female, the valuation shall be 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.

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.

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, saying, ² "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, ³ then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. ⁴ If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. ⁵ If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. ⁶ If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. ⁷ And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. ⁸ And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford. ⁹ "If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord , all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. ¹⁰ He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall 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
And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth;

Genesis 24:60
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, "Our sister, may you become thousands of ten thousands, and may your offspring possess the gate of those who hate him!"

Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."

Genesis 27:7
‘Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.'

Genesis 27:15
Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

Genesis 27:20
But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success."

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

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

Genesis 27:25
Then he said, "Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

Genesis 27:27
So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that 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.