Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Holman Bible
You must not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.
International Standard Version
Have no pity on him, but totally purge the shedding of innocent blood from Israel so that life may go well with you."
A Conservative Version
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
American Standard Version
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Amplified
You shall not pity him [the guilty one], but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
Bible in Basic English
Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you.
Darby Translation
Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
Julia Smith Translation
Thine eye shall not pity him and put away innocent blood from Israel, and it was well to thee.
King James 2000
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Your eye shall not take pity on him, and you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, {so that good will be directed toward you}.
Modern King James verseion
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let thine eye have no pity on him, and so thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, and happy art thou.
NET Bible
You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
New Heart English Bible
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
The Emphasized Bible
thine eye shall not look with pity upon him, - so shall thou consume the shedding of innocent blood out of Israel and it shah go well with thee.
Webster
Thy eye shall not pity him, but thou shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.
World English Bible
Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Youngs Literal Translation
thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
Themes
Avenger of blood » Scriptures relating to
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not to be pitied or spared
Pity » Not to be shown to offenders
Interlinear
`ayin
Ba`ar
Naqiy
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 19:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
12
then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, and he shall die.
13
Cross References
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he has said and fall upon him and bury him that thou may take away from me and from the house of my father the blood which Joab shed without a cause.
Deuteronomy 7:2
and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee, thou shalt smite them and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them nor show mercy unto them.
Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
Deuteronomy 21:9
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 25:12
then thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not pity her.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood in man, his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God is man made.
Leviticus 24:17
Likewise he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:21
He that kills an animal shall restore it, but he that kills a man shall be put to death.
Numbers 35:33-34
So ye shall not pollute the land where ye are, for this blood shall defile the land; and the land cannot be reconciled of the blood that is shed therein except by the blood of the one that shed it.
Deuteronomy 13:8
thou shalt not consent with him nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him; neither shalt thou have compassion; neither shalt thou conceal him,
2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and because of his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel 21:14
and they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
Ezekiel 16:5
No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have mercy upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field with little value given to thy life, in the day that thou wast born.