Parallel Verses
Amplified
Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
New American Standard Bible
Only
King James Version
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
Holman Bible
But you must not eat its blood; pour it on the ground like water.
International Standard Version
Only you must not eat its blood. Pour it on the ground like water."
A Conservative Version
Only thou shall not eat the blood of it. Thou shall pour it out upon the ground as water.
American Standard Version
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water.
Bible in Basic English
Only do not take its blood for food, but let it be drained out on the earth like water.
Darby Translation
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Julia Smith Translation
Only its blood thou shalt not eat: upon the earth shalt thou pour it as water.
King James 2000
Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water."
Modern King James verseion
Only you shall not eat the blood of it. You shall pour it on the ground like water.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Only eat not the blood thereof, but pour it upon the ground as water.
NET Bible
However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water.
New Heart English Bible
Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.
The Emphasized Bible
Only the blood thereof, shalt thou not eat, - on the earth, shalt thou pour it out like water.
Webster
Only thou shalt not eat its blood; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
World English Bible
Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water.
Youngs Literal Translation
Only, its blood thou dost not eat; on the earth thou dost pour it as water.
Themes
Blood » Forbidden to be used as food
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 15:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Consecration Of Firstborn Animals
22 You shall eat it within your [city] gates; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as [if it were] a gazelle or a deer. 23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water.
Leviticus 7:26
Moreover, you are not to eat any blood [of any kind], whether of bird or animal, in any of your dwelling places.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life (soul), and you shall not eat the life with the meat.
1 Samuel 14:32
[When night came and the oath ended] the people rushed greedily upon the spoil. They took sheep, oxen, and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground; and they ate them [raw] with the blood [still in them].
Ezekiel 33:25
Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “You eat meat with the blood in it and raise your eyes to your idols and shed blood. Should you take possession of the land?