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 · 2000

And 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 · 1611

And 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 · 1901

And 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 · 1949

Or 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) · 1752

If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And 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.

Context

v.16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

v.17This passage

v.18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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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