Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.

New American Standard Bible

“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it.

King James Version

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

Holman Bible

If you build a new house, make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.

International Standard Version

"When you build a new house, install a parapet along your roof so that if someone falls from the roof, you won't bring guilt of bloodshed on your house."

A Conservative Version

When thou build a new house, then thou shall make a guard rail for thy roof, that thou not bring blood upon thy house, if any man falls from there.

Amplified

“When you build a new house, you shall make a railing (parapet) around your [flat] roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of [innocent] blood on your house if someone falls from it.

Bible in Basic English

If you are building a house, make a railing for the roof, so that the blood of any man falling from it will not come on your house.

Darby Translation

When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it.

Julia Smith Translation

When thou shalt build a new house thou shalt make a ledge to thy roof, and thou shalt not put bloods upon thy house, if he shall fall from it.

King James 2000

When you build a new house, then you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you bring not the guilt of blood upon your house, if any man fall from there.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"When you build a new house then you shall make a parapet wall for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house {if anyone should fall from it}.

Modern King James verseion

When you build a new house, then you shall make a guard rail for your roof, so that you do not bring blood on your house, if one falls from it.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement unto the roof, that thou lade not blood upon thine house, if any man fall thereof.

NET Bible

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

New Heart English Bible

When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you do not bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.

The Emphasized Bible

When thou buildest a new house, then shalt thou make a parapet to thy roof, so shalt thou not treasure up blood-guiltiness against thy house, for he that is in danger of falling might fall therefrom.

Webster

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou mayest not bring blood upon thy house, if any man shall fall from thence.

World English Bible

When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.

Youngs Literal Translation

'When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
When thou buildest
בּנה 
Banah 
Usage: 376

a new
חדשׁ 
Chadash 
Usage: 53

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

מעקה 
Ma`aqeh 
Usage: 1

גּג 
Gag 
Usage: 30

that thou bring
שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

not blood
דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

Context Readings

Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity

7 thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard.



Cross References

2 Samuel 11:2

And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Isaiah 22:1

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?

Jeremiah 19:13

and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink-offerings unto other gods.

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

Mark 2:4

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

Acts 10:9

Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

Exodus 22:6

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

Exodus 21:28-36

And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Ezekiel 3:20

Again, when a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

Ezekiel 32:2-9

Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Matthew 18:6-7

But whoso shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to stumble, it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea.

Acts 20:26-27

Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

Romans 14:13

Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:

Philippians 1:10

so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ;

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

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