Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.

King James Version

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Holman Bible

In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

International Standard Version

You must not shed innocent blood on your land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance. Otherwise, you'll be guilty of murder."

A Conservative Version

that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of thy land, which LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

American Standard Version

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Amplified

so that innocent blood will not be shed [by blood avengers] in your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and blood guilt will not be on you [for the death of an innocent man].

Bible in Basic English

So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

Darby Translation

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and blood come not upon thee.

Julia Smith Translation

And innocent blood shall not be poured out in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance, and bloods were upon thee.

King James 2000

That innocent blood be not shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be upon you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Do this] so that innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as an] inheritance and [thereby] bloodguilt would be on you.

Modern King James verseion

so that innocent blood may not be shed in your land which Jehovah your God gives you for an inheritance, and blood may not be on you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

that innocent blood be not shed in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, and so blood come upon thee.

NET Bible

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

New Heart English Bible

that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

The Emphasized Bible

that innocent blood may not be sired in the midst of thy land, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, - and so shed-blood be upon thee.

Webster

That innocent blood may not be shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

World English Bible

that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

Youngs Literal Translation

and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נקיא נקי 
Naqiy 
Usage: 43

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

be not shed
שׁפך 
Shaphak 
Usage: 115

in
קרב 
Qereb 
Usage: 226

ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

which the Lord

Usage: 0

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

נחלה 
Nachalah 
Usage: 222

and so blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

References

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

9 And if you carefully observe all this commandment I command you today, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in his ways always you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three. 10 So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you. 11 But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and murders him. If he flees to one of these cities,

Cross References

Numbers 35:33

If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.

Deuteronomy 19:13

Do not pity him. Purge the blood of the innocent from Israel that it may go well with you.

Deuteronomy 21:1-9

This is what you must do if you find a murder victim lying in a field in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you. If no one knows who committed the murder,

1 Kings 2:31

The king said: Do as he said. Kill him there and bury him in the earth. This will remove the guilt of his senseless murders from my father's family and me.

2 Kings 21:16

Even more, Manasseh killed many innocent men. He filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with blood. He also caused Judah to sin and do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

2 Kings 24:4

and especially because of all the innocent people he killed. Jehovah would not forgive Manasseh for that.

Psalm 94:21

They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death.

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to do evil. They hurry to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are evil. Ruin and destruction are on their highways.

Jeremiah 7:6-7

if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness. This is because of the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Jonah 1:14

So they cried to Jehovah, and said: We earnestly request that you, O Jehovah, do not let us perish because of this man. Do not allow the loss of innocent blood! For you, O Jehovah, have done as you pleased.

Matthew 27:4-5

He said: I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.

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