Leviticus 2:9 — Compare Translations

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And the priest shall take up from the meal-offering the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

English Amplified

The priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The priest will remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the priest shall take from the oblation a memorial thereof, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering by fire to Jehovah of a sweet odour.

English EASY 2024

He will take a part of the grain offering and he will burn it in the fire on the altar. The smell of this offering will give pleasure to the Lord.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then the priest will take part of the grain offering and lift it up as a memorial offering. He will bring it to the altar to be burned up as a sweetsmelling gift to the Lord.

And the priest shall take from the grain offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The priest will take part of it as a token that it has all been offered to the Lord, and he will burn it on the altar. The odor of this food offering is pleasing to the Lord.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The priest will remove part of the grain offering and burn it as a reminder on the altar. It is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The priest will remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

English KJV 1611

And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.

English LSB

The priest then shall raise up from the grain offering its memorial portion, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The priest shall remove a memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar, a food offering made by fire, which is a pleasing aroma for the Lord.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

'The priest then shall take up from the grain offering its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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

Its token offering the priest shall then lift from the cereal offering and burn on the altar as a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then the priest must take up from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar — it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He must take out the part of the grain offering that reminds you that all good things come from the Lord. He must burn it on the altar. It is an offering that is made with fire. It gives a smell that is pleasant to the Lord.

English NIV

He shall take out the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

English NKJ 1982

Then the priest shall take from the grain offering a memorial portion, and burn it on the altar. It is an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.

English NLT

The priests will take a token portion of the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, and it will be very pleasing to the LORD.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The priest shall remove from the grain offering its token portion and turn this into smoke on the altar, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the LORD.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn this on the altar, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“The priests are to burn only a representative portion of the offering, but all of it will be fully appreciated by the Lord.

English Tyndale 1537

and shall heave up part of the meatoffering for a memorial, and shall burn it upon the altar: an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD.