Exodus 34:19

THE MESSAGE

"Every firstborn from the womb is mine, all the males of your herds, your firstborn oxen and sheep.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

King James Version
All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

Lexham English Bible
Every first offspring of a womb is for me—all of your male livestock, the first offspring of cattle and small livestock.

New Century Version
"The firstborn of every mother belongs to me, including every firstborn male animal that is born in your flocks and herds.

New English Translation
"Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep.

Amplified Bible
"All the firstborn males among your livestock belong to Me, whether cattle or sheep.

New American Standard Bible
"The firstborn from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the firstborn from cattle and sheep.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Euery male, that first openeth the wombe, shalbe mine: also all the first borne of thy flocke shalbe rekoned mine, both of beeues and sheepe.

Legacy Standard Bible
"The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, even of all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

Contemporary English Version
The first-born males of your families and of your flocks and herds belong to me.

Complete Jewish Bible
"Everything that is first from the womb is mine. Of all your livestock, you are to set aside for me the males, the firstborn of cattle and flock.

Darby Translation
—All that openeth the womb [is] mine; and all the cattle that is born a male, the firstling of ox and sheep.

Easy-to-Read Version
"A woman's first baby always belongs to me. Even the first animals that are born from your cattle or sheep belong to me.

English Standard Version
All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

George Lamsa Translation
All that opens the womb is mine; and every firstling among your cattle, both of the oxen and of the lambs.

Good News Translation
"Every first-born son and first-born male domestic animal belongs to me,

Christian Standard Bible®
“The firstborn male from every womb belongs to me, including all your male livestock, the firstborn of cattle or sheep.

Literal Translation
Every one opening the womb is Mine, and all your male livestock, a firstling of ox or sheep,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All yt first breaketh the Matrix, is myne, soch as shalbe male amoge ye catell, yt breaketh the Matrix, whether it be oxe or shepe.

American Standard Version
All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

Bible in Basic English
Every first male child is mine; the first male birth of your cattle, the first male of every ox and sheep.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
All that openeth the matrice is myne, and al that breaketh the matrice amongest thy cattell if it be male, whether it be oxe or sheepe.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep.

King James Version (1611)
All that openeth the matrixe is mine: and euery firstling amongst thy cattell, whether oxe or sheepe, that is male.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The males are mine, everything that opens the womb; every first-born of oxen, and every first-born of sheep.

English Revised Version
All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of ox and sheep.

Berean Standard Bible
The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Al thing of male kynde that openeth the wombe schal be myn, of alle lyuynge beestis, as wel of oxun, as of scheep, it schal be myn.

Young's Literal Translation
`All opening a womb [are] Mine, and every firstling of thy cattle born a male, ox or sheep;

Update Bible Version
All that opens the womb is mine; and you shall separate the males of all your cattle, the firstborns of cow and sheep.

Webster's Bible Translation
Every first-born [is] mine: and every firstling among thy cattle, [whether] ox or sheep, [that is male].

World English Bible
All that opens the womb is mine; and all your cattle that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

New King James Version
"All that open the womb are Mine, and every male firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep.

New Living Translation
"The firstborn of every animal belongs to me, including the firstborn males from your herds of cattle and your flocks of sheep and goats.

New Life Bible
Every first-born belongs to Me, and all your male animals, the first-born from cattle and sheep.

New Revised Standard
All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Every one that is the first to be born, is mine, - and every one of thy cattle that is born a male, firstling of oxen or sheep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
All of the male kind that openeth the womb, shall be mine. Of all beasts; both of oxen and of sheep, it shall be mine.

Revised Standard Version
All that opens the womb is mine, all your male cattle, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸ "Keep the Feast of Unraised Bread. Eat only unraised bread for seven days in the month of Abib—it was in the month of Abib that you came out of Egypt. ¹⁹ "Every firstborn from the womb is mine, all the males of your herds, your firstborn oxen and sheep. ²⁰ "Redeem your firstborn donkey with a lamb. If you don't redeem it you must break its neck. "Redeem each of your firstborn sons. "No one is to show up in my presence empty-handed. ²¹ "Work six days and rest the seventh. Stop working even during plowing and harvesting. ²² "Keep the Feast of Weeks with the first cutting of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. ²³"All your men are to appear before the Master, the God of Israel, three times a year. You won't have to worry about your land when you appear before your God three times each year, for I will drive out the nations before you and give you plenty of land. Nobody's going to be hanging around plotting ways to get it from you. ²⁵ "Don't mix the blood of my sacrifices with anything fermented. "Don't leave leftovers from the Passover Feast until morning. ²⁶ "Bring the finest of the firstfruits of your produce to the house of your God . "Don't boil a kid in its mother's milk." ²⁷ God said to Moses: "Now write down these words, for by these words I've made a covenant with you and Israel."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

openeth: Exodus 13:2, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 22:29, Numbers 18:15-17, Ezekiel 44:30, Luke 2:23

Reciprocal: Numbers 3:13 - Because Deuteronomy 15:19 - the firstling Nehemiah 10:36 - the firstborn

Cross-References

Genesis 29:20
So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.

Genesis 34:5
Jacob heard that Shechem had raped his daughter Dinah, but his sons were out in the fields with the livestock so he didn't say anything until they got home. Hamor, Shechem's father, went to Jacob to work out marriage arrangements. Meanwhile Jacob's sons on their way back from the fields heard what had happened. They were outraged, explosive with anger. Shechem's rape of Jacob's daughter was intolerable in Israel and not to be put up with.

Genesis 34:8
Hamor spoke with Jacob and his sons, "My son Shechem is head over heels in love with your daughter—give her to him as his wife. Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we'll give our daughters to you. Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us."

Numbers 22:15
Balak sent another group of nobles, higher ranking and more distinguished. They came to Balaam and said, "Balak son of Zippor says, ‘Please, don't refuse to come to me. I will honor and reward you lavishly—anything you tell me to do, I'll do; I'll pay anything—only come and curse this people.'"

1 Samuel 22:14
Ahimelech answered the king, "There's not an official in your administration as true to you as David, your own son-in-law and captain of your bodyguard. None more honorable either. Do you think that was the first time I prayed with him for God's guidance? Hardly! But don't accuse me of any wrongdoing, me or my family. I have no idea what you're trying to get at with this ‘outlaw' talk."

2 Kings 5:1
Naaman was general of the army under the king of Aram. He was important to his master, who held him in the highest esteem because it was by him that God had given victory to Aram: a truly great man, but afflicted with a grievous skin disease. It so happened that Aram, on one of its raiding expeditions against Israel, captured a young girl who became a maid to Naaman's wife. One day she said to her mistress, "Oh, if only my master could meet the prophet of Samaria, he would be healed of his skin disease."

1 Chronicles 4:9
Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, "A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!" Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: "Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don't let evil hurt me." God gave him what he asked.

Song of Solomon 8:6
The Woman Hang my locket around your neck, wear my ring on your finger. Love is invincible facing danger and death. Passion laughs at the terrors of hell. The fire of love stops at nothing— it sweeps everything before it. Flood waters can't drown love, torrents of rain can't put it out. Love can't be bought, love can't be sold— it's not to be found in the marketplace. My brothers used to worry about me: "Our little sister has no breasts. What shall we do with our little sister when men come asking for her? She's a virgin and vulnerable, and we'll protect her. If they think she's a wall, we'll top it with barbed wire. If they think she's a door, we'll barricade it." Dear brothers, I'm a walled-in virgin still, but my breasts are full— And when my lover sees me, he knows he'll soon be satisfied.

The Man

King Solomon may have vast vineyards in lush, fertile country, Where he hires others to work the ground. People pay anything to get in on that bounty. But my vineyard is all mine, and I'm keeping it to myself. You can have your vast vineyards, Solomon, you and your greedy guests! Oh, lady of the gardens, my friends are with me listening. Let me hear your voice!

The Woman

Run to me, dear lover. Come like a gazelle. Leap like a wild stag on the spice mountains.

Acts 13:50
Some of the Jews convinced the most respected women and leading men of the town that their precious way of life was about to be destroyed. Alarmed, they turned on Paul and Barnabas and forced them to leave. Paul and Barnabas shrugged their shoulders and went on to the next town, Iconium, brimming with joy and the Holy Spirit, two happy disciples.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All that openeth the matrix is mine,.... Or "the womb", and therefore to be sanctified, and set apart for his use: this also was declared, and the law concerning it given, at the time of their coming out of Egypt, and here repeated, :-,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The precepts contained in these verses are, for the most part, identical in substance with some of those which follow the Ten Commandments and are recorded in “the Book of the covenant” (Exo. 20–23; see Exodus 24:7).

Exodus 34:13

Cut down their groves - This is the first reference to what is commonly known as grove-worship. The original word for “grove” in this connection אשׁרה 'ăshêrāh is different from that so rendered in Genesis 21:33. Our translators supposed that what the law commands is the destruction of groves dedicated to the worship of false deities Judges 6:25; 2 Kings 18:4; but inasmuch as the worship of asherah is found associated with that of Astarte, or Ashtoreth Judges 2:13; Jdg 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:4, it seems probable that while Astarte was the personal name of the goddess, the asherah was a symbol of her, probably in some one of her characters, made in wood in some conventional form.

Exodus 34:15-16

An expansion of Exodus 34:12. The unfaithfulness of the nation to its covenant with Yahweh is here for the first time spoken of as a breach of the marriage bond. The metaphor is, in any case, a natural one, but it seems to gain point, if we suppose it to convey an allusion to the abominations connected with pagan worship, such as are spoken of in Numbers 25:1-3.

Exodus 34:21

See Exodus 20:9; Exodus 23:12. There is here added to the commandment a particular caution respecting those times of year when the land calls for most labor. The old verb “to ear” (i. e. to plow) is genuine English.

Exodus 34:24

Neither shall any man desire etc. - Intended to encourage such as might fear the consequences of obeying the divine law in attending to their religious duties. Compare Proverbs 16:7.