Numbers 35:17
What does Numbers 35:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 35:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And if with a stone <FI>in<Fi> the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he <FI>is<Fi> a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
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- Exodus 21:18
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
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