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
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
Naqiy
'erets
'elohiym
Nathan
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 19:10
Verse Info
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
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.