Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 12:23
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
But don't eat the blood. It is the life of the animal, so let it drain out on the ground before you eat the meat.
Darby English Version
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;
Good News Bible
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.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
New International Version
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.
New King James Version
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Only make sure not to eat the blood, for the blood contains the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh.
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.
Young's Literal Translation
`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
