King James Version

Psalms 50:13

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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הַֽ֭אוֹכַלhaokhaleatאָכַלparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.בְּשַׂ֣רbesarbodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.אַבִּירִ֑יםabirimmightyאַבִּירadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “mighty”, the ordinary formH47{mighty (spoken of God)}angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.וְדַ֖םvedamand blood , innocentדָּםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and blood , innocent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.עַתּוּדִ֣יםatudimchief oneעַתּוּדnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “chief one”, the ordinary formH6260prepared, i.e. full grown; spoken only (in plural) of he-goats, or (figuratively) leaders of the peoplechief one, (he) goat, ram.אֶשְׁתֶּֽהeshtehbanquetשָׁתָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “banquet”, an unfinished actionH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

Young’s Literal Translation

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

World English Bible

Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Darby Translation

Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

Douay-Rheims

Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ φάγομαι κρέα ταύρων, ἢ αἷμα τράγων πίομαι;