Deuteronomy 13:9
What does Deuteronomy 13:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 13:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But thou shalt presently put him to death. Let thy hand be first upon him, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
Context
v.8thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
v.9This passage
v.10And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 17:2
If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
- Luke 14:26
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- Acts 7:58
and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- John 8:7
But when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
- Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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