Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
'But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Holman Bible
Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
International Standard Version
But you must surely execute him. You must be the first to put him to death with your own hand, and then the hands of the whole community.
A Conservative Version
but thou shall surely kill him. Thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
American Standard Version
but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Amplified
Instead, you shall most certainly execute him; your hand shall be first [to be raised] against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Bible in Basic English
But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Darby Translation
but thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
Julia Smith Translation
But killing, thou shalt kill him; thy hand shall be upon him for the first to put him to death, and the hand of all the people at last.
King James 2000
But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But you shall certainly kill him; your hand shall be first against him to kill him and next the hand of all [of] the people.
Modern King James verseion
But you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thine hand shall be first upon him to kill him; and then the hands of all the people.
NET Bible
Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
New Heart English Bible
but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
The Emphasized Bible
but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death, - and the hand of all the people afterwards.
Webster
But thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
World English Bible
but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Themes
Marriage » Obligations under, inferior to duty to God
Punishment » Capital Punishment » For capital offences
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Executed » By witness
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Executed » By congregatoin
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Death penalty » False prophecy
Punishments » Were inflicted » By the witnesses
Witness » Required to throw the first stone in executing the sentence
Interlinear
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Yad
Ri'shown
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 13:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
8 thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over. 9 'But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; 10 and thou hast stoned him with stones, and he hath died, for he hath sought to drive thee away from Jehovah thy God, who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:2-7
'When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,
Matthew 10:37
'He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,
Luke 14:26
'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
John 8:7
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'
Acts 7:58
and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --