Deuteronomy 14:26

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,

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  • 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.

  • 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,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and thou shalt bestow{H5414} the money{H3701} for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} desireth,{H183} for oxen,{H1241} or for sheep,{H6629} or for wine,{H3196} or for strong drink,{H7941} or for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} asketh{H7592} of thee; and thou shalt eat{H398} there before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} and thou shalt rejoice,{H8055} thou and thy household.{H1004}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou shalt bestow{H5414}{(H8804)} that money{H3701} for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} lusteth after{H183}{(H8762)}, for oxen{H1241}, or for sheep{H6629}, or for wine{H3196}, or for strong drink{H7941}, or for whatsoever thy soul{H5315} desireth{H7592}{(H8799)}: and thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} there before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)}, thou, and thine household{H1004},

  • 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 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.
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.
  • Matt 21:12 : 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves,
  • Mark 11:15 : 15 And they came to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves;
  • John 2:14-16 : 14 And he found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers doing business. 15 And when he had made a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers' money and overturned the tables. 16 And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise.
  • 1 Cor 6:12-13 : 12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not beneficial: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13 Food for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
  • 1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things were our examples, so we should not desire evil things, as they also desired.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
  • Deut 12:15 : 15 Yet you may slaughter and eat flesh inside all your gates, whatever your soul desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer.
  • Deut 12:18 : 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.
  • Deut 12:20-21 : 20 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. 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 26:11 : 11 And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
  • Ezra 7:15-17 : 15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 16 And all the silver and gold that you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: 17 That you may buy speedily with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 7:22 : 22 Up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
  • Ps 106:14 : 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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  • Deut 12:6-7
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    6 And 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:

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  • 80%

    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.

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

  • 11 And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

  • Ezra 7:17-18
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    17 That you may buy speedily with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

    18 And whatever seems good to you, and to your brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do according to the will of your God.

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

  • 77%

    13 You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after you have gathered in your grain and your wine:

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    15 Seven 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.

  • 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.

  • 77%

    20 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.

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  • 76%

    10 And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according to how the LORD your God has blessed you:

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  • 74%

    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.

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  • 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • 39 These things you shall do to the LORD in your appointed feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

  • 7 And 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.

  • 17 Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • 29 And 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.

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    30 Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

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  • 7 And for your cattle, and for the beasts that are in your land, shall all its increase be for food.

  • 14 Butter of cattle, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you drank the pure blood of the grape.

  • 11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you have eaten and are full;

  • 10 You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

  • 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.

  • 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.

  • 4 The firstfruits of your grain, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, you shall give him.

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    1 And 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;

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  • 3 And make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in fulfilling a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to the LORD, of the herd or of the flock:

  • 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.

  • 9 And the LORD your God will make you abundant in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers:

  • 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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

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