Deuteronomy 19:13
What does Deuteronomy 19:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 19:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
Context
v.12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
v.13This passage
v.14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
- Deuteronomy 25:12
then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
- Leviticus 24:17
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
- 1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father’s house.
- Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
- Deuteronomy 21:9
So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.
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