Deuteronomy 12:24

Brenton's Septuagint

Ye shall not eat it; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Do not eat blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the eretz as water.

King James Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Lexham English Bible
You shall not eat it, but on the ground you shall pour it out like water.

English Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water.

New Century Version
Don't eat the blood, but pour it out on the ground like water.

New English Translation
You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water.

Amplified Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore thou shalt not eat it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Complete Jewish Bible
Don't eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water.

Darby Translation
thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water:

Easy-to-Read Version
Don't eat the blood. Pour it out like water onto the ground.

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not eat it; but you must pour it out on the earth like water.

Good News Translation
Do not use the blood for food; instead, pour it out on the ground like water.

Literal Translation
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth as water.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth,

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Bible in Basic English
Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou shalt not eate it, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

King James Version (1611)
Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt powre it vpon the earth as water.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Berean Standard Bible
You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but thou schalt schede as watir `the blood on the erthe,

Young's Literal Translation
thou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

Update Bible Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not eat it: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

World English Bible
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

New King James Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

New Living Translation
Instead, pour out the blood on the ground like water.

New Life Bible
Do not eat it, but pour it out on the ground like water.

New Revised Standard
Do not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not eat it, - upon the earth, shalt thou pour it out, like water.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water,

Revised Standard Version
You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.

Contextual Overview

⁵ But in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, ye shall even seek him out and go thither. ⁶ And ye shall carry thither your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first-fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your freewill-offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the first-born of your herds, and of your flocks. ⁷ And ye shall eat there before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all the things on which ye shall lay your hand, ye and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you. ⁸ Ye shall not do altogether as we do here to-day, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight. ⁹ For hitherto ye have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which the Lord our God gives you. ¹⁰ And ye shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye shall dwell safely. ¹¹ And there shall be a place which the Lord thy God shall choose for his name to be called there, thither shall ye bring all things that I order you to-day; your whole-burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first-fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatsoever ye shall vow to the Lord your God. ¹² And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy whole-burnt-offerings in any place which thou shalt see; ¹⁴ save in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, in one of thy tribes, there shall ye offer your whole-burnt-offerings, and there shalt thou do all things whatsoever I charge thee this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 12:16, Deuteronomy 15:23

Reciprocal: Leviticus 17:13 - pour out 1 Samuel 14:32 - did eat Ezekiel 24:7 - she poured

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not eat it,.... Neither with the flesh, nor separately:

thou shall pour it upon the earth as water; as the blood of sacrifices was poured upon the altar, the blood of common flesh was to be poured upon the earth, signifying it was not to be used, and no account to be made of it; :-