Deuteronomy 12:23 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

English ASV

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

English Amplified

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;

English EASY 2024

But never eat the animal's blood. The blood of an animal gives it life. You must not eat the life together with the meat!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But be especially careful not to eat the blood, because the life is in the blood. You must not eat meat that still has its life in it.

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Only do not eat meat with blood still in it, for the life is in the blood, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English God's Word - GW 1995

However, be sure you never eat blood, because blood contains life. Never eat the life with the meat.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But don't eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English KJV 1611

Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.

English LSB

Only be strong in yourselves not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the meat.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But make sure that you do not partake of the blood; for blood is life, and you shall not consume this seat of life with the flesh.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But be sure you don't eat meat that still has blood in it. The blood is the animal's life. So you must not eat the life along with the meat.

English NIV

But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English NKJ 1982

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat.

English NLT

The only restriction is never to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Only be sure that you do not eat the blood; for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The only restriction is never to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the meat.

English Tyndale 1537

But be strong that thou eat not the blood. For the blood, that is the life: and thou mayst not eat the life with the flesh:

Deuteronomy 12:23 — Compare Translations