Parallel Verses
King James 2000
You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use divination, nor witchcraft.
New American Standard Bible
‘You shall not eat anything
King James Version
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
Holman Bible
“You are not to eat anything with blood in it.
International Standard Version
"You are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices, or practice fortune telling.
A Conservative Version
Ye shall not eat anything with the blood. Neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.
Amplified
‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination [using omens or witchcraft] or soothsaying.
Bible in Basic English
Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.
Darby Translation
Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not eat with the blood: ye shall not take auguries, and ye shall not practise magic.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'You must not eat [anything] with the blood; you shall not practice divination, nor shall you interpret signs.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not divine, nor conjure spirits.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Ye shall eat nothing with the blood, ye shall use no witchcraft, nor observe dismal days.
NET Bible
"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you practice divination, nor practice sorcery.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof, - Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic.
Webster
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
World English Bible
"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.
Youngs Literal Translation
'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.
Themes
Blood » Forbidden to be used as food
Divination » The law » Forbade to the israelites the practice of
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 19:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blood, Hair, And Body
25 And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you its increase: I am the LORD your God. 26 You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use divination, nor witchcraft. 27 You shall not shave around the sides of your heads, neither shall you disfigure the corners of your beard.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 12:23
Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh.
2 Kings 17:17
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Leviticus 3:17
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 7:26
Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwellings.
2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire, and practiced soothsaying, and used witchcraft, and dealt with mediums and wizards: he did much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Chronicles 33:6
And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he practiced soothsaying, and used sorcery, and used witchcraft, and dealt with mediums, and with wizards: he did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Exodus 7:11
Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exodus 8:7
And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt.
Leviticus 17:10-14
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Deuteronomy 18:10-14
There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or sorcery, or interprets omens, or is a witch,
1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.
Jeremiah 10:2
Thus says the LORD, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them.
Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can tell the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.