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Atonement for an Unsolved Murder

Deuteronomy 21:7

In 11 translations

BSB
and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
KJV
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
WEB
They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
ASV
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
LSV
and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen—
YLT
and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen —
DBY
and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
DRC
And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
GNV
And shall testifie, and say, Our handes haue not shed this blood, neither haue our eies seene it.
JPS
And they shall speak and say: 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
LXXE
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen it.

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  • Written (Ketiv): שָׁפְכָה (“it shed”). Read aloud (Qere): שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ (“they shed”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Leningrad Codex reads שָֽׁפְכֻה֙; read aloud (Qere) reads שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ (“they shed”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְעָנ֖וּ וְאָמְר֑וּ יָדֵ֗ינוּ לֹ֤א שפכה אֶת־הַדָּ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ׃Read aloud as (qere): שָֽׁפְכוּ֙
LXX-Br
καὶ ἀποκριθέντες, ἐροῦσιν, αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐξέχεαν τὸ αἷμα τοῦτο, καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἡμῶν οὐκ ἑωράκασιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 21:21–23For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out? Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high? One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.
  • Numbers 5:19–28And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water…
  • Psalms 7:3–4O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands, if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
  • Job 21:31–34Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those…
  • 2 Samuel 16:8The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a…

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