Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

New American Standard Bible

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.

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. You are not to practice divination or sorcery.

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.

King James 2000

You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use divination, nor witchcraft.

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.

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.

Interlinear

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

any thing with the blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

Context Readings

Blood, Hair, And Body

25 Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God. 26 "'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. 27 You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:23

However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself -- you must not eat the life with the meat!

2 Kings 17:17

They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'"

Leviticus 7:26

And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live.

2 Kings 21:6

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him.

Exodus 7:11

Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing.

Exodus 8:7

The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too.

Leviticus 17:10-14

"'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people,

Deuteronomy 18:10-14

There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king."

Jeremiah 10:2

The Lord says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe.

Daniel 2:10

The wise men replied to the king, "There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king's secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

Malachi 3:5

"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all.

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