Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Holman Bible
But if he didn’t intend any harm,
International Standard Version
If he didn't lie in wait, but God let him fall into his reach, then I'll appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
A Conservative Version
And if a man does not lay in wait, but God delivers [him] into his hand, then I will appoint for thee a place where he shall flee.
American Standard Version
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Amplified
However,
Darby Translation
But if he have not lain in wait, and God have delivered him into his hand, I will appoint thee a place to which he shall flee.
Julia Smith Translation
And when he hunted not after, and God let fall into his hand, and I set to thee a place where he shall flee there.
King James 2000
And if a man lie not in wait, but God delivers him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if he did not lie in wait {and it was an accident}, I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.
Modern King James verseion
And if a man does not lie in wait, but God delivers him into his hand, then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man lay not await, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will point thee a place whither he shall flee.
NET Bible
But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
New Heart English Bible
but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
The Emphasized Bible
But he who hath not lain in wait, but, God, hath occasioned him to come to his hand, then will I appoint for thee a place, whither he may flee.
Webster
And if a man shall not lie in wait, but God shall deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
World English Bible
but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
Youngs Literal Translation
as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.
Themes
Homicide » Unjustifiable, described as » Killing without lying in wait
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death. 13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight. 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
Names
Cross References
Joshua 20:2-9
Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,
1 Samuel 24:4
And David's men said to him, Now is the time when the Lord says to you, I will give up your hater into your hands to do with him whatever seems good to you. Then David, getting up, took the skirt of Saul's robe in his hand, cutting off the end of it without his knowledge.
1 Samuel 24:10
Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.
1 Samuel 24:18
And you have made clear to me how good you have been to me today: because, when the Lord gave me up into your hands, you did not put me to death.
Deuteronomy 4:41-43
Then Moses had three towns marked out on the far side of Jordan looking to the east;
Numbers 35:10-34
Say to the children of Israel, when you have gone over Jordan into the land of Canaan;
Deuteronomy 19:1-13
When the nations, whose land the Lord your God is giving you, have been cut off by him, and you have taken their place and are living in their towns and in their houses;
2 Samuel 16:10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?
Isaiah 10:7
But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
Micah 7:2
The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.