Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

“You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery.

New American Standard Bible

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying.

King James Version

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

International Standard Version

"You are not to eat anything containing blood, engage in occult practices, or practice fortune telling.

A Conservative Version

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood. Neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury.

American Standard Version

Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

Amplified

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination [using omens or witchcraft] or soothsaying.

Bible in Basic English

Nothing may be used for food with its blood in it; you may not make use of strange arts, or go in search of signs and wonders.

Darby Translation

Ye shall eat nothing with the blood. Ye shall not practise enchantment, nor use auguries.

Julia Smith Translation

Ye shall not eat with the blood: ye shall not take auguries, and ye shall not practise magic.

King James 2000

You shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall you use divination, nor witchcraft.

Lexham Expanded Bible

" 'You must not eat [anything] with the blood; you shall not practice divination, nor shall you interpret signs.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not eat anything with the blood. You shall not divine, nor conjure spirits.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"'Ye shall eat nothing with the blood, ye shall use no witchcraft, nor observe dismal days.

NET Bible

"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.

New Heart English Bible

"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you practice divination, nor practice sorcery.

The Emphasized Bible

Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof, - Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic.

Webster

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

World English Bible

"'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Ye do not eat with the blood; ye do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ye shall not eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

any thing with the blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

Context Readings

Blood, Hair, And Body

25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you; I am Yahweh your God. 26 “You are not to eat anything with blood in it. You are not to practice divination or sorcery. 27 You are not to cut off the hair at the sides of your head or mar the edge of your beard.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:23

But don’t eat the blood, since the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.

2 Kings 17:17

They made their sons and daughters pass through the fire and practiced divination and interpreted omens. They devoted themselves to do what was evil in the Lord’s sight and provoked Him.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a permanent statute throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Leviticus 7:26

Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

2 Chronicles 33:6

He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

Exodus 7:11

But then Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers—the magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same thing by their occult practices.

Exodus 8:7

But the magicians did the same thing by their occult practices and brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 17:10-14

“Anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who live among them who eats any blood, I will turn against that person who eats blood and cut him off from his people.

Deuteronomy 18:10-14

No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and defiance is like wickedness and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
He has rejected you as king.

Jeremiah 10:2

This is what the Lord says:

Do not learn the way of the nations
or be terrified by signs in the heavens,
although the nations are terrified by them,

Daniel 2:10

The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any diviner-priest, medium, or Chaldean.

Malachi 3:5

“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and cheat the wage earner; and against those who deny justice to the foreigner. They do not fear Me,” says the Lord of Hosts.

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