Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
7 But thou shalt let the mother go and take the young for thyself, that it may be well with thee and that thou may prolong thy days. 8 “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. 9 Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with mixture lest the fullness of thy seed which thou hast sown and the fruit of thy vineyard be defiled.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2
And it came to pass one evening, 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 washing herself, and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of the vision. What ails thee now that thou art completely gone up to the housetops?
Jeremiah 19:13
And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be as the place of Tophet, defiled, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of the heaven and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light, and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye from the housetops.
Mark 2:4
And when they could not come near unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was; and when they had broken it open, they let down the bed in which the paralytic lay.
Acts 10:9
On the morrow, as they went on their journey and drew near unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour;
Exodus 22:6
When fires are lit and in burning the thorns burn also the stacks of sheaves or the standing grain, or the field is consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus 21:28-36
If an ox gores a man or a woman that they die, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be absolved.
Ezekiel 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die and thou dost not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he might live, the same wicked man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 3:20
Again, When the righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits 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 righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at thy hand.
Ezekiel 32:2-9
Son of man, raise up lamentations upon Pharaoh king of Egypt and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as the whale in the seas, that dost dry up thy rivers, and trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their streams.
Matthew 18:6-7
But whosoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to fall, it would be better for him that a millstone such as is turned by an ass be hanged about his neck and that he be sunk in the depth of the sea.
Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of everyone.
Romans 14:13
Let us, therefore, not judge one another any more, but judge this rather: that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
1 Corinthians 10:32
Be without offense, neither to the Jews nor to the Gentiles nor to the congregation of God;
Philippians 1:10
that ye may approve the best, that ye may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ,
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Separate yourselves from all appearance of evil.