Genesis 9:4

In 11 translations

BSB

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

KJV

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

WEB

But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat.

ASV

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

LSV

only flesh in its life—its blood—you do not eat.

YLT

only flesh in its life — its blood — ye do not eat.

DBY

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

DRC

Saving that flesh with blood you shall not eat.

GNV

But flesh with the life thereof, I meane, with the blood thereof, shall ye not eate.

JPS

Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

LXXE

But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.

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WLC

אַךְ־בָּשָׂ֕ר בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ דָמ֖וֹ לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

LXX-Br

Πλὴν κρέας ἐν αἵματι ψυχῆς οὐ φάγεσθε.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 12:23Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
• Deuteronomy 12:16but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
• Deuteronomy 15:23But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
• Acts 15:20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
• Leviticus 7:26You must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
• Acts 15:29You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
• Leviticus 17:10–14If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people. For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have…
• Leviticus 3:17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
• Leviticus 19:26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
• 1 Timothy 4:4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
• 1 Samuel 14:33–34Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.” Then he said, “Go…
• Acts 15:25So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
• Deuteronomy 14:21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not…

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