Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You must not eat it, so that life will go well for you and for your children after you. Then you'll do what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
You shall not eat it, so that
King James Version
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Holman Bible
Do not eat it, so that you and your children after you will prosper, because you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not eat it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou shall do that which is right in the eyes of LORD.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Amplified
You shall not eat it, so that all may be well with you and with your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
Darby Translation
thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not eat it.; so that it shall be well to thee and to thy sons after thee, when thou shalt do right in the eyes of Jehovah.
King James 2000
You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You shall not eat it, so that {it will go well} for you [and] your children after you, because [then] you will [be] doing what is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not eat it, so that it may go well with you and with your sons after you, when you shall do what is right in the sight of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
See thou eat it not, therefore, that it may go well with thee and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt have done that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
NET Bible
You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord's sight.
New Heart English Bible
You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not eat it, - that is may be well With thee and With thy children after the when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
Webster
Thou shalt not eat it; that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
World English Bible
You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Interlinear
Yatab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 12:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
24 You must not consume it; instead, pour it on the ground as you would water. 25 You must not eat it, so that life will go well for you and for your children after you. Then you'll do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. 26 "You may carry and bring only your consecrated gifts and offerings in fulfillment of promises to the place that the LORD will choose.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Exodus 15:26
There the LORD presented to them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them. He said, "If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what he sees to be right, listen to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then I won't inflict on you all the diseases that I inflicted on the Egyptians, because I am the LORD your healer."
Deuteronomy 4:40
May you observe his statutes and keep his commands that I'm giving you today, so that life may go well for you and for your descendants after you. That way, you'll live a long life in the land that the LORD your God is about to give you permanently."
1 Kings 11:38
If you listen to everything that I command you to do, and if you live your life my way, and if you do what I consider to be right by observing my statutes and my commandments, just like my servant David did, then I will be with you, I will build an enduring dynasty for you, just like I did for David, and I'll give Israel to you.
Isaiah 3:10
"Tell the righteous that things will go well, because they will enjoy the fruit of their actions."
Deuteronomy 13:18
if you obey the voice of the LORD your God by observing all his commands that I'm commanding you today. Do what is right in the sight of the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 6:18
Do what is good and right in the LORD's sight so it may go well with you. Then you'll enter and possess the good land that the LORD your God promised to your ancestors,
Deuteronomy 5:16
""Honor your father and your mother, just as the LORD your God commanded you, so that you will live long and things will go well for you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 12:28
Be sure to observe all these words that I'm commanding you, in order that life may go well for you and your children after you forever, for this is good and right in the eyes of the LORD your God."
Psalm 112:2
His descendants will be powerful in the land, a generation of the upright who will be blessed.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
After all, to the person who is good in God's sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner he gives the troublesome task of acquiring and accumulating in order to leave it to someone who is good in the sight of God. This also is pointless and chasing after the wind.
Isaiah 48:18-19
Now if only you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your success like the waves of the sea.
Ezekiel 33:25
So tell them, "This is what the Lord GOD says: "You keep eating flesh along with its blood, you keep looking to your idols, and you keep shedding blood, and you're going to take possession of the land?