Deuteronomy 12:24

Webster's Bible Translation

Thou shalt not eat it: thou shalt pour it upon the earth 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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not eat it; ye shall pour it out on the ground 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.

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 the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, [even] his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: ⁶ And thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave-offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will-offerings, and the firstlings of your herds, and of your flocks: ⁷ And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand to, ye and your households, in which the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. ⁸ Ye shall not do after all [the things] that we do here this day, every man whatever [is] right in his own eyes. ⁹ For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the LORD your God giveth you. ¹⁰ But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies on every side, so that ye dwell in safety: ¹¹ Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow to the LORD: 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] within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest: ¹⁴ But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

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; :-