Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
“When the Lord your God extends your border
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,
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
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.
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.
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
'elohiym
G@buwl
Dabar
Basar
בּשׂר
Basar
בּשׂר
Basar
flesh, body, fatfleshed , leanfleshed , kin, leanfleshed , mankind , myself, nakedness, skin
flesh, body, fatfleshed , leanfleshed , kin, leanfleshed , mankind , myself, nakedness, skin
Usage: 270
Usage: 270
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 12:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
19
Remember to take care of the Levites as long as you live in your land.
20 “When the Lord your God extends your border
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:8
If Jehovah your God enlarges your territory, just as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land he promised to give your fathers.
Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place on which the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.
Genesis 28:14
Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants.
Exodus 34:24
I will force nations out of your way and will expand your country's borders. No one will want to take away your land while you are gone three times a year to Jehovah's festivals.
Genesis 15:18-21
On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram. He said: To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,
Genesis 31:30
It appears that you are going because your heart's desire is for your father's house. But why have you taken my gods?
Exodus 23:31
I will make the borders of your land extend from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean Sea and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give you power over the inhabitants of the land. You will drive them out as you advance.
Numbers 11:4
Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!
Numbers 11:20
You will eat it for a whole month, until it comes out of your nose, until you are sick of it. This will happen because you have rejected Jehovah who is here among you and have complained to him that you should not have left Egypt.'
Numbers 11:34
That place was called Kibroth Hattaavah (Graves of Those Who Craved Meat) because they buried the people who had a strong craving for meat there.
Deuteronomy 12:15
In whatever city you live, you may slaughter and eat as much meat as you want from what Jehovah your God has blessed you with. Clean and unclean people may eat it as if they were eating a gazelle or a deer.
2 Samuel 13:39
King David longed for Absalom once people had consoled him over Amnon's death.
2 Samuel 23:15
David grew homesick. He said: I wish someone would bring me a drink of water from the well by the gate at Bethlehem!
1 Chronicles 4:10
Jabez cried out to the God of Israel: Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. And God granted his request.
Psalm 63:1
([[Psalm of David] in the wilderness of Judah:]) O God, you are my God. At dawn I search for you. I thirst for you. My body longs for you in a dry, parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 84:2
How I want to be there! I long to be in Jehovah's temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.
Psalm 107:9
For he satisfies the thirsty and the hungry person.
Psalm 119:20
I am crushed and long for your ordinances at all times.
Psalm 119:40
Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me through your righteousness.
Psalm 119:174
I long for your salvation, O Jehovah. Your law is my delight.
2 Corinthians 9:14
They pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.
Philippians 1:8
God is my witness, how I long for you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
Philippians 2:26
He longed to see you and was worried because you had heard that he was sick.