Deuteronomy 12:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

New Living Translation
But you must not consume the blood. You must pour it out on the ground like water.

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

Berean Study Bible
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

New American Standard Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

NASB 1995
"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

NASB 1977
“Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Amplified Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.

Christian Standard Bible
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Good News Translation
But you must not eat their blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But never eat the blood. Pour it on the ground like water.

International Standard Version
Only, you must not consume the blood; instead, pour it out on the ground as you would water.

NET Bible
However, you must not eat blood--pour it out on the ground like water.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

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

King James 2000 Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the earth as water.

New Heart English Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water.

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

American King James Version
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth as water.

American Standard Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

A Faithful Version
Only you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it on the earth like water.

Darby Bible Translation
Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

English Revised Version
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Webster's Bible Translation
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Onely ye shal not eat the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Only ye shall not eate the blood, but powre it vpon the earth as water.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
onely the bloude shalt thou not eate, but poure it out as water vpon the earth.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
only eate not the bloude, but poure it apon the erth as water.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Only, you do not eat the blood—you pour it on the earth as water;

Young's Literal Translation
'Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;

Smith's Literal Translation
Only the blood thou shalt not eat: upon the earth ye shall pour it as water.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Only the blood thou shalt not eat, but thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Only the blood you shall not eat. Instead, you shall pour it upon the ground like water.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Only the blood you will not eat, but pour it on the ground like water.

Lamsa Bible
Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out upon the earth like water.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Only ye shall not eat the blood; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it out on the ground as water.
















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