Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Thou shalt not commit murder.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not murder.

King James Version

Thou shalt not kill.

Holman Bible

Do not murder.

International Standard Version

"You are not to commit murder.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not murder.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not kill.

Amplified

“You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide).

Bible in Basic English

Do not put anyone to death without cause.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not kill.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not kill.

King James 2000

You shall not kill.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"You shall not murder.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not kill.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thou shalt not kill.

NET Bible

"You shall not murder.

New Heart English Bible

"You shall not murder.

Webster

Thou shalt not kill.

World English Bible

"You shall not murder.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Thou dost not murder.

Images Exodus 20:13

Prayers for Exodus 20:13

Context Readings

The Ten Commandments

12 Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee. 13 Thou shalt not commit murder. 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.


Cross References

Romans 13:9

For, this - Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not commit murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not covet, and if there is any different commandment, in this word, is summed up, namely- Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Genesis 9:5-6

And surely your blood, of your lives, will I require, From the hand of every living creature, will I require it, - and from the hand of man From the hand of each ones brother, will I require the life of man:

Exodus 21:20

And when a man shall smite his servant or his handmaid with a rod, and he die under his hand, he shall, surely be avenged;

Isaiah 26:21

For lo! Yahweh, is coming forth out of his place, To visit the iniquity of earths inhabitant upon him, - Therefore shall the earth unveil her shed-blood, And throw a covering, no longer over her slain.

Matthew 5:21-22

Ye have heard, that it was said, to them of olden time, - Thou shalt not commit murder, and, whosoever shall commit murder, shall be, liable, to judgment.

Matthew 19:18

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus, said - These: Thou shalt not commit murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, - Thou shalt not bear false witness;

James 2:11

For, he that hath said - Do not commit adultery, hath also said - Do not commit murder, - now, if thou dost not commit adultery, but dost commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law.

Genesis 4:8-23

And Cain said unto Abel his brother Let us go into the field And it came to pass when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

Exodus 21:14

But, when a man shall act presumptuously against his neighbour to slay him with guile, from mine altar, shalt thou take him to die.

Exodus 21:29

But, if, the ox, was wont to gore before that time and it hath been attested to his owner, and he hath not proceeded to put him under guard, and he causeth the death of man or woman, the ox, shall be stoned, and, his owner also, shall be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,-and he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:16-34

If, then, with an instrument of iron, he smote him, and he died, a manslayer, he is, - a manslayer, shall surely die.

Deuteronomy 5:17

Thou shalt not commit murder:

Deuteronomy 19:11-13

But, when any man shall be hating his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise up against him, and smite him so as to take away his life that he dieth, - and shall then flee into one of these cities,

2 Samuel 12:9-10

Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover also, innocent blood, did Manasseh shed in great abundance, till he had filled Jerusalem, from one end to the other, besides his committing the sins which he caused, Judah, to commit, in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king, remembered not, the lovingkindness which Jehoiada his father had done for him, but slew his son, - and, as he died, he said, Yahweh see and require!

Psalm 10:8-11

He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent, - His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:

Proverbs 1:11

If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;

Proverbs 1:18

Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life.

Jeremiah 26:15

Only, ye must, know, that If, ye, do put me, to death, verily innocent blood, are ye laying upon yourselves, and against this city, and against her inhabitants, - for of a truth, did Yahweh send me unto you, to speak in your ears lull these words.

Acts 28:4

And, when the natives saw the brute hanging out from his hand, they began to say, one to another - Doubtless, this man is, a murderer, whom, though brought safely through out of the sea, Justice, hath not suffered, to live.

Galatians 5:21

envyings, drunkenness, revellings; - and such things as these: as to which I forewarn you, even as I have forewarned you, - that, they who such things as these do practise, shall not inherit, God's kingdom.

1 Timothy 1:9

Knowing this - that, to a righteous man, law, doth not apply, but to the lawless and insubordinate, ungodly and sinful, irreligious and profane, smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers, murderers,

James 2:13

For, the judgment, will be without mercy, unto him that hath shewed no mercy: Mercy, boasteth, over judgment.

1 John 3:12-15

Not just as, Cain, was, of the wicked one, and slew his brother! And, for what cause, slew he him? Because, his works, were, wicked, whereas, those of his brother, were, righteous.

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