Deuteronomy 12:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Do 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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thou 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou shalt not eat{H398} it; that it may go well{H3190} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee, when thou shalt do{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in the eyes{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thou shalt not eat{H398}{(H8799)} it; that it may go well{H3190}{(H8799)} with thee, and with thy children{H1121} after{H310} thee, when thou shalt do{H6213}{(H8799)} that which is right{H3477} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Se thou eate it not therfore that it maye goo well with the and with thy childern after the, when thou shalt haue done that whyche is ryghte in the syghte off the Lorde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    yt thou mayest prospere, and yi children after the, whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thou shalt not eat it, that it may go wel with thee; and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt doe that which is right in the sight of the Lord:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thou shalt not eate it, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chyldren after thee: But thou shalt do that whiche is ryght in the sight of the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thou 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You 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 the eyes of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    thou 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou 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 eyes of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thou 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 eyes of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Do not take it for food; so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, while you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You 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 the eyes of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 15:26 : 26 And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do what is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon you, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD who heals you.
  • Deut 4:40 : 40 You shall therefore keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, forever.
  • 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
  • Isa 3:10 : 10 Say to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
  • Deut 13:18 : 18 When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.
  • Deut 6:18 : 18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,
  • Deut 12:28 : 28 Observe 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 what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
  • Deut 5:16 : 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
  • Isa 48:18-19 : 18 Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea. 19 Your descendants also would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your body like its gravel; his name would not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
  • Ezek 33:25 : 25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
  • Ps 112:2 : 2 His descendants shall be mighty upon the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
  • Eccl 2:26 : 26 For God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to the man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and collecting, only to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Deut 12:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

    23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the meat.

    24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it upon the earth like water.

  • Deut 12:26-28
    3 verses
    81%

    26 Only the holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD shall choose:

    27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God, and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh.

    28 Observe 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 what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.

    18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

  • Deut 12:16-19
    4 verses
    77%

    16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water.

    17 You 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 flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your voluntary offerings, or heave offering of your hand:

    18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.

    19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live on the earth.

  • Deut 15:20
    77%

    20 You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household.

  • Deut 12:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

    8 You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

  • Deut 14:3
    76%

    3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.

  • Deut 14:21
    76%

    21 You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is within your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  • Deut 12:4
    75%

    4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

  • Deut 4:40
    75%

    40 You shall therefore keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days upon the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, forever.

  • Deut 13:18
    75%

    18 When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

  • Exod 23:19
    75%

    19 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

  • Num 18:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31 And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

    32 And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.

  • Deut 12:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 Take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you; and that you do not enquire after their gods, asking, How did these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.

    31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

  • Exod 34:26
    75%

    26 The first of the firstfruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

  • Exod 34:15
    74%

    15 Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one of them invites you, and you eat his sacrifice.

  • Lev 10:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 You shall eat it in a holy place because it is your due and your sons' due of the sacrifices of the Lord made by fire, for so I am commanded.

    14 The breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering you shall eat in a clean place, you, your sons, and your daughters with you, for they are your due and your sons' due, given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel.

  • Deut 8:12
    74%

    12 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwelt therein;

  • Deut 18:9
    74%

    9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

  • Deut 12:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see:

    14 But in the place which the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.

  • Num 18:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 In the most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you.

    11 And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute forever: everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

  • Deut 8:10
    74%

    10 When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

  • Deut 4:25
    74%

    25 When you beget children, and children's children, and have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image, or the likeness of anything, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger:

  • Exod 12:25
    74%

    25 And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service.

  • Deut 14:26
    74%

    26 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,

  • Deut 16:20
    73%

    20 That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Exod 13:11
    73%

    11 And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it to you,

  • Deut 15:23
    73%

    23 Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water.

  • Prov 23:6
    73%

    6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Deut 28:55
    73%

    55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the distress, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates.

  • Deut 27:7
    73%

    7 And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God.

  • Deut 14:23
    73%

    23 And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which He shall choose to place His name there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

  • Exod 12:46
    72%

    46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.

  • Exod 22:29
    72%

    29 You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe produce and your juices. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me.

  • Lev 22:15
    72%

    15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

  • Deut 20:18
    72%

    18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.