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Cities of Refuge

Deuteronomy 19:13

In 11 translations

BSB
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
KJV
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
WEB
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
ASV
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
LSV
your eye has no pity on him, and you have put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with you.
YLT
thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
DBY
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
DRC
Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee.
GNV
Thine eye shall not spare him, but thou shalt put away the crie of innocent blood from Israel, that it may goe well with thee.
JPS
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
LXXE
Thine eye shall not spare him; so shalt thou purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with thee.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לֹא־תָח֥וֹס עֵֽינְךָ֖ עָלָ֑יו וּבִֽעַרְתָּ֧ דַֽם־הַנָּקִ֛י מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְט֥וֹב לָֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπʼ αὐτῷ, καὶ καθαριεῖς τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἀναίτιον ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ εὖ σοι ἔσται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Kings 2:31And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.
  • Deuteronomy 21:9So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
  • Deuteronomy 7:16You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  • Deuteronomy 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
  • 2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the…
  • Numbers 35:33–34Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Do not defile the land where…
  • Deuteronomy 25:12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
  • Leviticus 24:21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
  • 2 Samuel 21:14And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  • Ezekiel 16:5No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
  • Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
  • Leviticus 24:17And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
  • Deuteronomy 13:8you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.

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