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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
והייתם לי קדשים כי קדוש אני יהוה ואבדל אתכם מן העמים להיות לי
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vhyytm ly qdSHym ky qdvSH Any yhvh vAbdl Atkm mn h`mym lhyvt ly

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
eritis sancti mihi quia sanctus ego sum Dominus et separavi vos a ceteris populis ut essetis mei

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that you should be mine.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And you shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
New King James Version   
And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
21st Century King James Version   
And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I the Lord am holy and have severed you from other people, that ye should be Mine.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I, Jehovah, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
Darby Bible Translation   
And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
God's Word   
Be my holy people because I, the LORD, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.
International Standard Version   
"You are to be holy toward me, because I, the LORD, am holy. I've separated you from among the people to be mine.
NET Bible   
You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
New American Standard Bible   
'Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
New International Version   
You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
New Living Translation   
You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And ye shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
The World English Bible   
You shall be holy to me: for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
EasyEnglish Bible   
I am the Lord and I am holy. So my people must be holy for me. I have made them separate from other people. They belong to me.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and ye have been holy to Me; for holy [am] I, Jehovah; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.
New Life Version   
Be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy. I have divided you from the nations, so you belong to Me.
The Voice Bible   
You must be holy, for I, the Eternal One, am holy, and I have chosen you from all the people of the world to be My people.
Living Bible   
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have set you apart from all other peoples to be mine.
New Catholic Bible   
You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy. I have chosen you from among all people that you shall be mine.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Thus you shall be holy to Me, for I Yahweh am holy; and I have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Ye must, therefore, be holy unto me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the other peoples, that ye should be mine.
Christian Standard Bible   
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
New Century Version   
So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.
The Message   
“I’ve told you, remember, that you will possess their land that I’m giving to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am God, your God, who has distinguished you from the nations. So live like it: Distinguish between ritually clean and unclean animals and birds. Don’t pollute yourselves with any animal or bird or crawling thing which I have marked out as unclean for you. Live holy lives before me because I, God, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
You will be holy to me, for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have distinguished you from the other peoples so that you belong to me.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
Good News Translation®   
You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the Lord and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.
Wycliffe Bible   
Ye shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I separated you from other peoples, (so) that ye shall be mine.
Contemporary English Version   
I am the Lord, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
Common English Bible © 2011   
You must be holy to me, because I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from all other peoples to be my own.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
You are to be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
You shall be holy to me, for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
To me, therefore, you shall be holy; for I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other peoples to be my own.
New American Standard Bible   
So you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.
The Expanded Bible   
So you must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from other people to be my own.
Tree of Life Version   
You are to be holy to Me, for I, Adonai, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, so that you would be Mine.
Revised Standard Version   
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.
New International Reader's Version   
You must be holy. You must be set apart to me. I am the Lord. I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations to be my own people.
BRG Bible   
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Rather, you people are to be holy for me; because I, Adonai, am holy; and I have set you apart from the other peoples, so that you can belong to me.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
You shall be holy to me; for I the Lord am holy, and I have separated you from the other peoples to be mine.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And ye shall be kadoshim unto Me: for I Hashem am kadosh, and have separated you from the nations, that ye should be Mine.
Names of God Bible   
Be my holy people because I, Yahweh, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.
Modern English Version   
You shall be holy unto Me; for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from other peoples, that you should be Mine.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I have separated you from other nations to be my own special people. So you must be holy because I am the Lord, and I am holy.
International Children’s Bible   
I have set you apart from other people. So you must be holy to me. This is because I am the Lord, and I am holy.
Lexham English Bible   
And you shall be holy for me, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have singled you out from the nations to be mine.
New International Version - UK   
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.