Exodus 30:38

The Incense

37You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.38Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”

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Berean Standard Bible
Anyone who makes something like it to enjoy its fragrance shall be cut off from his people.”
American Standard Version (1901)
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people.
Bible in Basic English
Whoever makes any like it, for its sweet smell, will be cut off from his people.
Douay-Rheims 1899
What man soever shall make the like, to enjoy the smell thereof, he shall perish out of his people.
Free Bible Version
Anyone who makes incense like this for themselves to enjoy will be expelled from their people.”
Geneva Bible 1599
Whosoeuer shall make like vnto that to smelll thereto, euen he shalbe cut off from his people.
King James (Authorized) Version
Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
One Unity Resource Bible
Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
Translation for Translators
I will consider that anyone who makes incense like this to use it for perfume will no longer be allowed to associate with my people.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
Whoever makes anything like it to use as a perfume must be cut off from his people.”
Noah Webster Bible
Whoever shall make the like to that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people.
World English Bible
Whoever shall make any like that, to smell of it, he shall be cut off from his people.”
Young's Literal Translation
a man who maketh [any] like it — to be refreshed by it — hath even been cut off from his people.'