You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’”
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
- BSB You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”
- NKJV You shall buy food from them with money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
- NASB You are to buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.
- NLT If you need food to eat or water to drink, pay them for it.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Deut 2:28–29You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,
- Rom 12:17Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
- Num 20:19The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
- 2 Th 3:7–8For you know how you ought to imitate us. For we didn’t behave ourselves rebelliously among you,
- Matt 7:12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
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