Verse Comparison: Genesis 9:4

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American Standard Version
But flesh with the life thereof, `which is' the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Amplified® Bible
But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood.

Contemporary English Version
But life is in the blood, and you must not eat any meat that still has blood in it.

Darby English Version
Only, the flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.

Good News Bible
The one thing you must not eat is meat with blood still in it; I forbid this because the life is in the blood.

King James Version
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

New American Standard Bible
"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, {that is,} its blood.

New International Version
"But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

New King James Version
But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, namely, its blood.

Revised Standard Version
Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

Young's Literal Translation
only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.


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