Deuteronomy 14:26

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then 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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul sireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household,

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and bestowe that moneye on what soeuer thy soule lusteth after: on oxen shepe, wyne and good drynke, and on what soeuer thy soule desyreth, and eate there before the Lorde thy God and be mery: both thou and thyne houshold

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and geue the money for all that thy soule desyreth, whether it be oxe, shepe, wyne, stronge drynke, or for what so euer thy soule desyreth, and eate there before the LORDE thy God, and be mery, thou and thine housholde,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou shalt bestowe the money for whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: whether it be oxe, or sheepe, or wine, or strong drinke, or whatsoeuer thine heart desireth: and shalt eate it there before the Lord thy God, and reioyce, both thou, and thine household.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thou shalt bestowe that money for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth after, for oxen and sheepe, wine and strong drinke, and for whatsoeuer thy soule desireth: and thou shalt eate there before the Lorde thy God, and be merie, both thou and thyne housholde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and thou hast given the money for any thing which thy soul desireth, for oxen, and for sheep, and for wine, and for strong drink, and for any thing which thy soul asketh, and thou hast eaten there before Jehovah thy God, and thou hast rejoiced, thou and thy house.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee; and thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and you shall bestow the money for whatever your soul desires, for cattle, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul asks of you; and you shall eat there before Yahweh your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the LORD your God and enjoy it.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:7 : 7 There, 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.
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a glad heart, for God has already approved your works.
  • Matt 21:12 : 12 Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves,
  • Mark 11:15 : 15 When they came to Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
  • John 2:14-16 : 14 In the temple courts, He found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those selling doves He said, 'Get these out of here! Stop turning My Father's house into a marketplace!'
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will destroy both one and the other. The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not desire evil things as they did.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with 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.
  • Deut 12:18 : 18 Instead, 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.
  • Deut 12:20-21 : 20 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. 21 If 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.
  • Deut 26:11 : 11 Then you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household—you, the Levite, and the foreigner residing among you.
  • Ezra 7:15-17 : 15 And to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem. 16 Together with all the silver and gold you may find in the whole province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and the priests given for the house of their God in Jerusalem. 17 With this silver, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams, and lambs, along with their grain and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 7:22 : 22 up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred cors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without limit.
  • Ps 106:14 : 14 In the wilderness, they craved intensely and tested God in the wasteland.

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    22Be sure to set aside a tenth of all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.

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    6Bring there your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, what you have vowed to give, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.

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    11Then you shall rejoice in all the good things the LORD your God has given you and your household—you, the Levite, and the foreigner residing among you.

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    30Say to the Levites: When you present the best of it, it will be credited to you, as if it were the produce of the threshing floor and the produce of the wine press.

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