Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Then they must proclaim, "Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.
New American Standard Bible
and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
King James Version
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Holman Bible
They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.
International Standard Version
and they are to make this declaration: "Our hands didn't shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to the crime.
A Conservative Version
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
American Standard Version
and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Amplified
and they shall respond, and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Bible in Basic English
Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.
Darby Translation
and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Julia Smith Translation
And they answered and said, Our hands poured not out this blood, and our eyes saw not
King James 2000
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they shall declare, and they shall say, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see [what was done].
Modern King James verseion
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and shall answer and say, 'Our hands have not shed this blood neither have our eyes seen it.
New Heart English Bible
and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
The Emphasized Bible
and shall respond, and say, - Our hands, shed not this blood, neither did, our eyes, see the deed .
Webster
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
World English Bible
and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen --
Themes
Blood » Shedding of human » Mode of clearing those accused of
hands » Were washed » In token of innocency
Interlinear
`anah
Yad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
6 and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. 7 Then they must proclaim, "Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime. 8 Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person." Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 5:19-28
Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, "If no other man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband's authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.
2 Samuel 16:8
The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!"
Job 21:21-23
For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?
Job 21:31-34
No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.
Psalm 7:3-4
O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,