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Cursed Is Anyone Hung on a Tree

Deuteronomy 21:22

In 11 translations

BSB
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,Or impale his body on a pole; similarly in verse 23
KJV
¶ And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
WEB
If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
ASV
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
LSV
And when there is a sin in a man [with] a judgment of death, and he has been put to death, and you have hanged him on a tree,
YLT
'And when there is in a man a sin — a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,
DBY
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,
DRC
When a man hath committed a crime for which he is to be punished with death, and being condemned to die is hanged on a gibbet:
GNV
If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, and thou hangest him on a tree,
JPS
And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;
LXXE
And if there be sin in any one, and the judgment of death be upon him, and he be put to death, and ye hang him on a tree:

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בְאִ֗ישׁ חֵ֛טְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת וְהוּמָ֑ת וְתָלִ֥יתָ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־עֵֽץ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐὰν δὲ γένηται ἔν τινι ἁμαρτία, κρίμα θανάτου, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, καὶ κρεμάσητε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ξύλου·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 19:31–38It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed. So…
  • Acts 26:31On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
  • Matthew 26:66What do you think?” “He deserves to die,” they answered.
  • Deuteronomy 22:26Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
  • Luke 23:33When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on His right and the other on His left.
  • Acts 23:29I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
  • 1 Samuel 26:16This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that…
  • 2 Samuel 21:9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of…
  • Joshua 8:29He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of…
  • Mark 14:64You have heard the blasphemy. What is your verdict?” And they all condemned Him as deserving of death.
  • Deuteronomy 19:6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
  • 2 Samuel 4:12So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in…
  • 2 Samuel 21:6let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
  • Acts 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
  • Joshua 10:26After this, Joshua struck down and killed the kings, and he hung their bodies on five trees and left them there until evening.
  • Acts 25:25But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

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