Deuteronomy 12:24

World English Bible

You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not eat it: thou shalt pour it upon 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 to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and there you shall come; ⁶ and there you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock: ⁷ and there you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you. ⁸ You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; ⁹ for you haven't yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you. ¹⁰ But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety; ¹¹ then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there shall you 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 you vow to Yahweh. ¹² You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you. ¹³ Take heed to yourself that you don't offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; ¹⁴ but in the place which Yahweh shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

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; :-