Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not eat it, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you, for you will be doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.

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.

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.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

it that it may go well
יטב 
Yatab 
Usage: 115

with thee, and with thy children

Usage: 0

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

in the sight
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

References

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Morish

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

24 You shall not eat it, [but] on the ground you shall pour it out like water. 25 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. 26 Only your holy objects {that are yours} and your votive gifts you must carry and you must bring to the place that Yahweh will choose.

Cross References

Exodus 15:26

And he said, "If you carefully listen to the voice of Yahweh your God and you do [what is] right in his eyes and give heed to his commands and you keep all his rules, [then] I will not bring about on you any of the diseases that I brought about on Egypt, because I [am] Yahweh your healer.

Deuteronomy 4:40

And you shall keep his rules and his commandments that I am commanding you {today}, [so] that {it may go well} for you and for your children after you, and so that {you may remain a long time} on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [during] all [of] those days."

1 Kings 11:38

It shall be that if you listen to all that I command you and you walk in my ways and you do right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, then I will be with you, and I will build an enduring house for you as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell [the] innocent that [it is] good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Deuteronomy 13:18

if you listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep all [of] his commandments that I [am] commanding [to] you {today} [so as] to do the right [thing] in the eyes of Yahweh your God."

Deuteronomy 6:18

And you shall do [what is] right and good in the eyes of Yahweh, so that {it shall go well} for you and [so that] you may go and you may take possession of the good land that Yahweh swore for your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 5:16

'Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you, so that it will be good for you {in the land} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.

Deuteronomy 12:28

{Be careful to obey} all these things that I [am] commanding you, so that {it will go well} for you and for your children after you {forever}, because then you will [be] doing what is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.

Psalm 112:2

His {descendants} will be mighty in the land; [the] generation of [the] upright will be blessed.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Isaiah 48:18-19

O that you had listened attentively to my commandments! Then your prosperity would have been like river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "You eat blood [in your meat], and you raise your eyes to your idols and you pour out blood, and [yet] you want to take possession of the land?

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