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Deuteronomy 21:1

Deuteronomy chapter 21 · verse 1 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If 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 · 1611

If 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 · 1901

If 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;

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.