Deuteronomy 12:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 12:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יִרְחַ֨ק
râchaq
H7368
to be far
מִמְּךָ֜
min
H4480
from
הַמָּק֗וֹם
mâqôwm
H4725
place
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
יִבְחַ֜ר
bâchar
H977
to choose
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָ֮
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
לָשׂ֣וּם
sûwm
H7760
to put
שְׁמ֣וֹ
shêm
H8034
name
שָׁם֒
shâm
H8033
there
וְזָבַחְתָּ֞
zâbach
H2076
to sacrifice
מִבְּקָרְךָ֣
bâqâr
H1241
cattle
וּמִצֹּֽאנְךָ֗
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
נָתַ֤ן
nâthan
H5414
to give
יְהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לְךָ֔
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ
tsâvâh
H6680
to command
וְאָֽכַלְתָּ֙
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
בִּשְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ
shaʻar
H8179
gate
בְּכֹ֖ל
kôl
H3605
all
אַוַּ֥ת
ʼavvâh
H185
desire
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ
nephesh
H5315
soul
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World English Bible Public Domain
If the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to put his name there, be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which Yahweh has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, after all the desire of your soul.
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King James Version Public Domain
If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If the place that Yahweh your God chooses to put his name there is too far from you, then you may sacrifice from your herd and from your flock that Yahweh has given to you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates, in all the desire of your soul.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).