Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water."
New American Standard Bible
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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.
Amplified
Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like 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.
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 In your {towns} you shall eat it, the unclean and the clean together [may eat it], [just] as [they eat] the gazelle and as [they eat] the deer. 23 But you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water."
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:16
Only the blood you must not eat, [but] on the ground you must pour it like water.
Leviticus 7:26
And in any of your dwellings, you must not eat any blood {belonging to} birds or domestic animals.
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only, be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.
1 Samuel 14:32
Then the troops took the plunder: they took sheep and cattle and {calves} and slaughtered [them] on the ground and the troops ate [them all] with the blood.
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?