Deuteronomy 12 - Compare Translations
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Deuteronomy 12:1
KJVThese are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
WEBThese are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
YLT`These [are] the statutes and the judgments which ye observe to do in the land which Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath given to thee to possess it, all the days that ye are living on the ground:
Deuteronomy 12:2
KJVYe shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
WEBYou shall surely destroy all the places in which the nations that you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
YLTye do utterly destroy all the places where the nations which ye are dispossessing served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the heights, and under every green tree;
Deuteronomy 12:3
KJVAnd ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
WEBYou shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.
YLTand ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.
Deuteronomy 12:4
KJVYe shall not do so unto the Lord your God.
WEBYou shall not do so to Yahweh your God.
YLT`Ye do not do so to Jehovah your God;
Deuteronomy 12:5
KJVBut unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
WEBBut to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, you shall seek his habitation, and there you shall come.
YLTbut unto the place which Jehovah your God doth choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His tabernacle ye seek, and thou hast entered thither,
Deuteronomy 12:6
KJVAnd thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
WEBThere you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock.
YLTand hast brought in thither your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your free-will offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;
Deuteronomy 12:7
KJVAnd there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.
WEBThere you shall eat before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which Yahweh your God has blessed you.
YLTand ye have eaten there before Jehovah your God, and have rejoiced in every putting forth of your hand, ye and your households, with which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.
Deuteronomy 12:8
KJVYe shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
WEBYou shall not do all the things that we do here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes;
YLT`Ye do not do according to all that we are doing here to-day, each anything that is right in his own eyes,
Deuteronomy 12:9
KJVFor ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
WEBfor you haven’t yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which Yahweh your God gives you.
YLTfor ye have not come in hitherto unto the rest, and unto the inheritance, which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
Deuteronomy 12:10
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Deuteronomy 12:11
KJVThen there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:
WEBthen it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
YLT`And it hath been, the place on which Jehovah your God doth fix to cause His name to tabernacle there, thither ye bring in all that which I am commanding you, your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and all the choice of your vows which ye vow to Jehovah;
Deuteronomy 12:12
KJVAnd ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
WEBYou shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, and your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
YLTand ye have rejoiced before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants, and your handmaids, and the Levite who [is] within your gates, for he hath no part and inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 12:13
KJVTake heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
WEBBe careful that you don’t offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see;
YLT`Take heed to thee, lest thou cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend in any place which thou seest,
Deuteronomy 12:14
KJVBut in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
WEBbut in the place which Yahweh chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
YLTexcept in the place which Jehovah doth choose in one of thy tribes, there thou dost cause thy burnt-offerings to ascend, and there thou dost do all that which I am commanding thee.
Deuteronomy 12:15
KJVNotwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
WEBNotwithstanding, you may kill and eat meat within all your gates, after all the desire of your soul, according to Yahweh your God’s blessing which he has given you. The unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle, and as of the deer.
YLT`Only, with all the desire of thy soul thou dost sacrifice, and hast eaten flesh according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which He hath given to thee, in all thy gates; the unclean and the clean do eat it, as of the roe, and as of the hart.
Deuteronomy 12:16
KJVOnly ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
WEBOnly you shall not eat the blood. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
YLT`Only, the blood ye do not eat -- on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Deuteronomy 12:17
KJVThou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
WEBYou may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, nor the wave offering of your hand;
YLTthou art not able to eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, and of thy new wine, and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, and any of thy vows which thou vowest, and thy free-will offerings, and heave-offering of thy hand;
Deuteronomy 12:18
KJVBut thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
WEBbut you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates. You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God in all that you put your hand to.
YLTbut before Jehovah thy God thou dost eat it, in the place which Jehovah thy God doth fix on, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and the Levite who [is] within thy gates, and thou hast rejoiced before Jehovah thy God in every putting forth of thy hand;
Deuteronomy 12:19
KJVTake heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
WEBBe careful that you don’t forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.
YLTtake heed to thee lest thou forsake the Levite all thy days on thy ground.
Deuteronomy 12:20
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Deuteronomy 12:21
KJVIf the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
WEBIf the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, is too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
YLT`When the place is far from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, then thou hast sacrificed of thy herd and of thy flock which Jehovah hath given to thee, as I have commanded thee, and hast eaten within thy gates, of all the desire of thy soul;
Deuteronomy 12:22
KJVEven as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
WEBEven as the gazelle and as the deer is eaten, so you shall eat of it. The unclean and the clean may eat of it alike.
YLTonly, as the roe and the hart is eaten, so dost thou eat it; the unclean and the clean doth alike eat it.
Deuteronomy 12:23
KJVOnly be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
WEBOnly be sure that you don’t eat the blood; for the blood is the life. You shall not eat the life with the meat.
YLT`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood [is] the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;
Deuteronomy 12:24
KJVThou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
WEBYou shall not eat it. You shall pour it out on the earth like water.
YLTthou dost not eat it, on the earth thou dost pour it as water;
Deuteronomy 12:25
KJVThou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
WEBYou shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in Yahweh’s eyes.
YLTthou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which [is] right in the eyes of Jehovah.
Deuteronomy 12:26
KJVOnly thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose:
WEBOnly your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
YLT`Only, thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou dost take up, and hast gone in unto the place which Jehovah doth choose,
Deuteronomy 12:27
KJVAnd thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
WEBYou shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on Yahweh your God’s altar; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on Yahweh your God’s altar; and you shall eat the meat.
YLTand thou hast made thy burnt-offerings -- the flesh and the blood -- on the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices is poured out by the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh thou dost eat.
Deuteronomy 12:28
KJVObserve and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.
WEBObserve and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in Yahweh your God’s eyes.
YLTObserve, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee -- to the age, when thou dost that which [is] good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
Deuteronomy 12:29
KJVWhen the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
WEBWhen Yahweh your God cuts off the nations from before you, where you go in to dispossess them, and you dispossess them, and dwell in their land;
YLT`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations -- whither thou art going in to possess them -- from thy presence, and thou hast possessed them, and hast dwelt in their land --
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Deuteronomy 12:31
KJVThou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
WEBYou shall not do so to Yahweh your God; for every abomination to Yahweh, which he hates, they have done to their gods; for they even burn their sons and their daughters in the fire to their gods.
YLT`Thou dost not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every abomination of Jehovah which He is hating they have done to their gods, for even their sons and their daughters they burn with fire to their gods.
Deuteronomy 12:32
KJVWhat thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
WEBWhatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
YLTThe whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.
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