Deuteronomy 21:1
What does Deuteronomy 21:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 21:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
KJV
King James Version · 1611If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you come across the dead body of a man in the open country, and you have no idea who has put him to death:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it--fallen in a field--it is not known who hath smitten him,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,
Context
v.1This passage
v.2then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.
- Isaiah 26:21
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Psalms 5:6
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
- Proverbs 28:17
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
- Psalms 9:12
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them; He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.
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