Deuteronomy 14:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place is too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set His name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you:

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But if the journey is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name is too far away, then when the LORD your God blesses you,

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Yf the waye be to longe for the, so that thou art not able to carie it, because the place is to farre from the whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there (for the Lorde thy God hath blessed the)

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But yf the waye be to moch for ye, and the place, which ye LORDE thy God hath chosen to set his name there, be to farre from the: & thou canst not cary it that ye LORDE thy God hath blessed the withall,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to cary it, because the place is farre from thee, where the Lord thy God shall chose to set his Name, when the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If the way be to long for thee, so that thou art not able to carie it, and if the place be farre from thee, whiche the Lorde thy God hath chosen to set his name there, and the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; [or] if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And when the way is too much for thee, that thou art not able to carry it -- when the place is too far off from thee which Jehovah thy God doth choose to put His name there, when Jehovah thy God doth bless thee; --

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And if the way is so long that you are not able to take these things to the place marked out by the Lord your God for his name, when he has given you his blessing, because it is far away from you;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If the way is too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it, because the place is too far from you, which Yahweh your God shall choose, to set his name there, when Yahweh your God shall bless you;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant,

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:21 : 21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your gates whatever your soul desires.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:
  • Exod 23:31 : 31 And I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you.
  • Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place where the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall be your territory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Deut 14:25-29
    5 verses
    84%

    25Then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.

    26And 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,

    27And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

    28At the end of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates:

    29And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do.

  • Deut 12:11
    78%

    11Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:

  • Deut 14:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year.

    23And 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.

  • Deut 12:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:

    6And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

    7And 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.

  • Deut 12:13-14
    2 verses
    77%

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

    14But 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.

  • Deut 12:21
    77%

    21If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you may eat in your gates whatever your soul desires.

  • Deut 26:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1And it shall be, when you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell in it;

    2That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there.

  • Deut 12:26
    76%

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

  • Deut 12:17-19
    3 verses
    74%

    17You 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:

    18But 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.

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

  • Deut 18:6
    73%

    6And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and comes with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose;

  • Deut 15:20
    73%

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

  • Deut 17:8
    73%

    8If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses,

  • Deut 16:2
    72%

    2Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name there.

  • Deut 16:11
    72%

    11And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place His name there.

  • Deut 16:15
    71%

    15Seven days you shall keep a solemn feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice.

  • Deut 2:7
    71%

    7For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hands; He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

  • Deut 28:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8The LORD shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand unto; and He shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

    9The LORD shall establish you a holy people unto Himself, as He has sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in His ways.

  • Deut 28:15
    71%

    15But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:

  • Deut 28:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:

    2And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    71%

    34If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

  • Deut 6:10
    71%

    10And it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you great and good cities, which you did not build,

  • Exod 20:24
    71%

    24An altar of earth you shall make for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name, I will come to you, and I will bless you.

  • Deut 17:10
    71%

    10You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

  • Exod 34:24
    71%

    24For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall anyone desire your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

  • Deut 20:15
    71%

    15Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.

  • Deut 16:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt.

    7And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall return in the morning, and go to your tents.

  • 1 Kgs 8:44
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    70%

    4And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

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    70%

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    70%

    20That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may cling to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

  • Exod 13:11
    70%

    11And 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,