Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 bring him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 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. 14 You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it.
Cross References
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the LORD your God shall deliver them over to you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them:
Deuteronomy 7:16
And you shall consume all the people whom the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto you.
Deuteronomy 21:9
So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 25:12
Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Leviticus 24:17
And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 24:21
And he that kills an animal, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.
Numbers 35:33-34
So you shall not pollute the land in which you are: for blood defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, except by the blood of him that shed it.
Deuteronomy 13:8
You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Samuel 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded prayers for the land.
Ezekiel 16:5
No eye pitied you, to do any of these unto you, to have compassion upon you; but you were cast out in the open field, and you were loathed, in the day that you were born.