Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If, when the LORD thy God hath enlarged thy coasts as he hath promised thee, thou say, 'I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh': then thou shalt eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth.

New American Standard Bible

“When the Lord your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire.

King James Version

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

Holman Bible

“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I want to eat meat’ because you have a strong desire to eat meat, you may eat it whenever you want.

International Standard Version

When the LORD your God enlarges your territory just as he told you and you say "I want to eat meat' since you desire to eat it, you may do so as much as you please.

A Conservative Version

When LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he has promised thee, and thou shall say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desires to eat flesh, thou may eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

American Standard Version

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

Amplified

“When the Lord your God extends your territory, as He promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you want to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you wish.

Bible in Basic English

When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.

Darby Translation

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he promised thee, and thou say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh, thou mayest eat flesh, according to all the desire of thy soul.

Julia Smith Translation

When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy boundary, as he spake to thee, and thou said; I will eat flesh because thy soul shall desire to eat flesh, in all thy soul desired thou shalt eat flesh.

King James 2000

When the LORD your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul longs to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, whatsoever your soul desires.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"When Yahweh your God enlarges your territory [just] as he has {promised} to you, and you say 'I want to eat [some] meat,' {because you want it}, {whenever you desire} you may eat meat.

Modern King James verseion

When Jehovah your God shall make your border larger, as He has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul longs to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, whatever your soul desires.

NET Bible

When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, "I want to eat meat just as I please," you may do so as you wish.

New Heart English Bible

When the LORD your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

The Emphasized Bible

When Yahweh thy God shall enlarge thy boundary - as he hath spoken unto thee - and thou shalt say. I would eat flesh because thy soul desireth to eat flesh, of whatsoever thy soul desireth, mayest thou eat flesh.

Webster

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatever thy soul desireth.

World English Bible

When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

Youngs Literal Translation

When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh -- for thy soul desireth to eat flesh -- of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
When the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

רחב 
Rachab 
Usage: 25

גּבל גּבוּל 
G@buwl 
Usage: 240

as he hath promised
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

thee, and thou shalt say

Usage: 0

I will eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

בּשׂר 
Basar 
בּשׂר 
Basar 
בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270
Usage: 270
Usage: 270

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

to eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

thou mayest eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

References

Fausets

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

19 And beware that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. 20 If, when the LORD thy God hath enlarged thy coasts as he hath promised thee, thou say, 'I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh': then thou shalt eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth. 21 If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou mayest kill of thy oxen and of thy sheep which the LORD hath given thee as I have commanded thee, and thou mayest eat in thine own city whatsoever thy soul lusteth.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:8

And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coasts as he hath sworn unto thy fathers and give thee all the land which he said he would give unto thy fathers

Deuteronomy 11:24

All the places whereon the soles of your feet shall tread, shall be yours: even from the wilderness and from Lebanon and from the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coasts be.

Genesis 28:14

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Exodus 34:24

for I will cast out the nations before thee and will enlarge thy coasts, so that no man shall desire thy land, while thou goest up to appear before the face of the LORD thy God, thrice in the year.

Genesis 15:18-21

And that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "Unto thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt, even unto the great river Euphrates:

Genesis 31:30

And now, though thou wentest thy way because thou longest after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?"

Exodus 23:31

And I will make thy coasts from the reed sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river. I will deliver the inhabiters of the land into thine hand, and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Numbers 11:4

And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Numbers 11:20

but even a month long, and until it come out at the nostrils of you, that ye be ready to parbreak: because that ye have cast the LORD aside which is among you, and have wept before him saying: Why came we out of Egypt?"

Numbers 11:34

And they called the name of the place, the graves of lust: because they buried the people that lusted there.

Deuteronomy 12:15

Notwithstanding, thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy cities, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee both the unclean and the clean mayest thou eat, even as the roe and the hart:

2 Samuel 13:39

And by that time, the king turned his mind from pursuing Absalom. For he had left mourning for the death of Amnon.

2 Samuel 23:15

And David longed and said, "Oh, that I had of the water that is in the well in the gate of Bethlehem for to drink."

1 Chronicles 4:10

But Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "If thou shalt bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and shalt let thine hand be with me, and wilt keep me from evil that it vex me not." And God sent him his desire.

Psalm 63:1

{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee, in a barren and dry land where no water is.

Psalm 84:2

My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God.

Psalm 107:9

For he satisfieth the greedy soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good.

Psalm 119:20

My soul breaketh out for the very fervent desire that it hath always unto thy judgments.

Psalm 119:40

Behold, my delight is in thy commandments; O quicken me in thy righteousness.

Psalm 119:174

I long for thy saving health, O LORD; and in thy law is my delight.

2 Corinthians 9:14

And in their prayers to God for you, long after you, for the abundant grace of God given unto you.

Philippians 1:8

For God beareth me record how greatly I long after you all from the very heart-root in Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:26

For he longed after you, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard say that he should be sick,

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