Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And when a man shall smite any soul of man, dying, he shall die.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Holman Bible
“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.
International Standard Version
"If a man beats a human being to death, he is certainly to be executed,
A Conservative Version
And he who smites any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
American Standard Version
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Amplified
‘If a man takes the life of any human being [unlawfully], he shall most certainly be put to death.
Bible in Basic English
And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
Darby Translation
And if any one smiteth any man mortally, he shall certainly be put to death.
King James 2000
And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And when a man kills any human being, he certainly shall be put to death.
Modern King James verseion
And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"He that killeth any man, shall die for it,
NET Bible
"'If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
New Heart English Bible
"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when, any man, by smiting taketh the life of any human being, he shall be surely put to death,
Webster
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
World English Bible
"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
Topics
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 24:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Example Of Just And Fair Punishment
16 And he vilifying the name of Jehovah, dying, shall die; stoning, all the assembly shall stone him: as the stranger so the native, in his vilifying the name, he shall die. 17 And when a man shall smite any soul of man, dying, he shall die. 18 And he smiting the soul of cattle, shall recompense soul for soul.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5-6
And surely, your blood of your lives I will search out, from the hand of every living thing I will search it out, and from the hand of man; from the hand of a man's brother I will search out the life of man.
Deuteronomy 19:11-12
And if there shall be a man hating his friend and lying in wait for him, and he rose up against him and smote him in soul, and he died, and he fled to one of these cities:
Exodus 21:12-14
He striking a man and he died, dying, he shall die.
Numbers 35:30-31
Every one striking a soul by the mouth of witnesses, he shall slay the slayer: and one witness shall not testify against a soul to die.
Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed he striking his neighbor in hiding: and all the people said, Amen.