Deuteronomy 12:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When the Lord your God enlarges your territory as He has promised, and you say, 'I want to eat meat,' because you desire to eat it, you may eat it whenever you desire.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy borr, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    When the LORD your God enlarges your border, as He has promised you, and you say, I want to eat meat, because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, whatever your soul desires.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf (when the Lorde thi God hath enlarged thi costes as he hath promysed the) thou saye: I will eate flesh, because thi soule longeth to eate flesh: then thou shalt eate flesh, what soeuer thi soule lusteth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But whan the LORDE thy God shal enlarge thy bordes of thy londe (as he hath promysed the) and thou saye: I wil eate flesh (for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate flesh) then eate flesh acordinge to all the desyre of thy soule.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border, as hee hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I wil eate flesh, (because thine heart longeth to eate flesh) thou maiest eate flesh, whatsoeuer thine heart desireth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If when the Lorde thy God shall enlarge thy border as he hath promised thee, thou say, I will eate flesh (because thy soule longeth to eate fleshe) thou mayest eate fleshe whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul desires to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, after all the desire of your soul.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `When Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath spoken to thee, and thou hast said, Let me eat flesh -- for thy soul desireth to eat flesh -- of all the desire of thy soul thou dost eat flesh.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    When Jehovah thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    When the Lord your God makes wide the limit of your land, as he has said, and you say, I will take flesh for my food, because you have a desire for it; then you may take whatever flesh you have a desire for.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    When Yahweh your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, "I want to eat meat," because your soul desires to eat meat; you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Sanctity of Blood When the LORD your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say,“I want to eat meat just as I please,” you may do so as you wish.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:8 : 8 And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you the entire land He promised to give them,
  • Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Gen 28:14 : 14 Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south. Through you and your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
  • Exod 34:24 : 24 For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times a year.
  • Num 11:4 : 4 The rabble among them began to crave other food, and the Israelites also started to weep again, saying, 'Who will give us meat to eat?
  • Num 11:20 : 20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’
  • Num 11:34 : 34 So they named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.
  • Gen 31:30 : 30 Now you have gone off because you longed to return to your father’s household. But why did you steal my gods?
  • Exod 23:31 : 31 I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and you will drive them out before you.
  • Deut 12:15 : 15 However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that He has given you. Both the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they would gazelle or deer.
  • 2 Sam 13:39 : 39 King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled concerning Amnon’s death.
  • 2 Sam 23:15 : 15 David longed for water and said, 'Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!'
  • 1 Chr 4:10 : 10 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my territory! Let Your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.' And God granted his request.
  • Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!
  • Ps 107:9 : 9 For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good things.
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 My soul is crushed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
  • Ps 119:40 : 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me life.
  • Ps 119:174 : 174 I long for Your salvation, LORD, and Your law is my delight.
  • 2 Cor 9:14 : 14 And in their prayers for you, their hearts will go out to you because of the surpassing grace of God upon you.
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:26 : 26 Since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard he was sick.
  • Gen 15:18-21 : 18 On that day, the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River— 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 12:21-23
    3 verses
    86%

    21If the place where the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, you may slaughter from your herds and flocks that the Lord has given you, as I have commanded you, and eat within your gates as much as you desire.

    22Just as the gazelle or deer is eaten, so you may eat this; both the unclean and the clean alike may eat it.

    23But be sure you do not eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

  • Deut 12:14-19
    6 verses
    81%

    14But offer them only at the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal territories. There you are to offer your burnt offerings and perform everything I command you.

    15However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates as much as you desire, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that He has given you. Both the unclean and the clean may eat it, as they would gazelle or deer.

    16But you must not eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.

    17You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, new wine, or oil, or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or any of your vowed offerings, freewill offerings, or special contributions.

    18Instead, you are to eat these in the presence of the Lord your God, at the place the Lord your God will choose—you, your son and daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the Lord your God in everything you undertake.

    19Be careful not to neglect the Levite as long as you live in your land.

  • Deut 14:25-26
    2 verses
    75%

    25you shall exchange it for money, take the money in your hand, and go to the place the LORD your God chooses.

    26Then you may spend the money on whatever you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or whatever you wish. You shall eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household.

  • Lev 25:7
    74%

    7as well as for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its produce may be used as food.

  • Deut 12:25-27
    3 verses
    74%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

    26Only take your holy offerings and your vows to the place the Lord will choose.

    27Offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God. The blood of your sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the Lord your God, but you may eat the meat.

  • Deut 8:10
    73%

    10You will eat and be satisfied, and you will bless the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

  • Deut 15:20
    73%

    20Each year, you and your household shall eat them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place He will choose.

  • Deut 12:7
    72%

    7There, in the presence of the Lord your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has blessed you with.

  • Deut 19:8
    72%

    8And if the LORD your God enlarges your territory, as He swore to your ancestors, and gives you the entire land He promised to give them,

  • Deut 28:53
    72%

    53Because of the suffering your enemy inflicts upon you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of your womb—the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you.

  • Jer 7:21
    72%

    21This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

  • Deut 8:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built fine houses and settled in them,

    13When your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and all that you have has multiplied,

  • Deut 16:7
    71%

    7Roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. Then in the morning, return to your tents.

  • Lev 26:29
    71%

    29You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

  • Num 11:18
    71%

    18Tell the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, ‘If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!’ Now the LORD will give you meat to eat, and you will eat it.

  • Deut 14:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20You may eat any clean flying creature.

    21You shall not eat anything that dies naturally. You may give it to the foreigner living in your towns so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people set apart for the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Deut 28:55
    71%

    55He will not share with any of them the flesh of his children that he is eating, because he has nothing else during the suffering and siege that your enemy will inflict on all your cities.

  • Ezek 39:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18You shall eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all fattened animals from Bashan.

    19You will eat fat until you are satisfied and drink blood until you are drunk, from the sacrifice that I have prepared for you.

  • Num 18:18
    70%

    18Their meat shall be yours, just like the breast of the wave offering and the right thigh are yours.

  • Lev 11:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are the living creatures that you may eat among all the animals on the earth:

    3You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof, one completely split, and that chews the cud.

  • Deut 30:9
    69%

    9The LORD your God will make you successful in all the work of your hands—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. The LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as He rejoiced over your ancestors,

  • Deut 28:11
    69%

    11The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

  • Lev 7:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24The fat of an animal found dead and the fat of an animal torn by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose but must not be eaten.

    25Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering to the Lord is made must be cut off from their people.

  • Deut 11:15
    69%

    15I will also provide grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.

  • Exod 34:24
    69%

    24For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man will covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times a year.

  • Deut 14:6
    69%

    6You may eat any animal that has divided hooves completely split and chews the cud.

  • Lev 25:19
    69%

    19The land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live securely upon it.

  • Deut 27:7
    69%

    7Sacrifice fellowship offerings there, eat them, and rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God.

  • Num 11:13
    69%

    13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

  • Isa 5:17
    69%

    17Then lambs will graze as in their own pasture, and strangers will eat in the ruins of the rich.

  • Deut 12:29
    69%

    29When the Lord your God cuts off the nations before you, the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,

  • 1 Sam 2:16
    69%

    16And if the man said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would reply, ‘No, give it to me now! If you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’

  • Deut 6:11
    69%

    11with houses full of every good thing that you did not fill, wells that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—when you eat and are satisfied.

  • Deut 14:29
    68%

    29Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance with you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Lev 19:25
    68%

    25But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will increase. I am the LORD your God.