Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Abimelech instructed all the people, saying, "The [one who] touches this man or his wife shall certainly die."
New American Standard Bible
So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, “He who
King James Version
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Holman Bible
So Abimelech warned all the people with these words: “Whoever harms this man or his wife will certainly die.”
International Standard Version
So he issued this order to everyone: "Whoever touches this man or his wife is to be executed."
A Conservative Version
And Abimelech ordered all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death
American Standard Version
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Amplified
Then Abimelech commanded all his people, “Whoever touches this man [Isaac] or his wife [Rebekah] shall without exception be put to death.”
Bible in Basic English
And Abimelech gave orders to his people that anyone touching Isaac or his wife was to be put to death.
Darby Translation
And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall certainly be put to death.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abimelech will command all the people, saying, He touching this man and his wife, dying, shall die.
King James 2000
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Modern King James verseion
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Abimelech charged all his people saying, "He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely die for it."
NET Bible
So Abimelech commanded all the people, "Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
New Heart English Bible
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
The Emphasized Bible
And Abimelech commanded all the people saying, - He that toucheth this man or his wife, shall surely be put to death
Webster
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
World English Bible
Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."
Youngs Literal Translation
and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, 'He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.'
Themes
Conscience » Faithful » Of abimelech, when he took isaac's wife for a concubine
isaac » The miraculous son of abraham » Lives in gerar
Rebekah (rebecca) » Passes as isaac's sister
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Abimelech, in his treatment of isaac
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 26:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Isaac And Abimelech
10 And Abimelech said, "What [is] this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have slept with your wife! Then you would have brought guilt upon us!" 11 Then Abimelech instructed all the people, saying, "The [one who] touches this man or his wife shall certainly die." 12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in that [same] year a hundredfold, and Yahweh blessed him.
Cross References
Psalm 105:15
"Do not touch my anointed ones, nor harm my prophets."
Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you did this, and I also {kept you from sinning} against me. Therefore, I did not allow you to touch her.
Proverbs 6:29
Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.
Zechariah 2:8
For thus said Yahweh of hosts, after glory he sent me against the nations plundering you: Truly, the one touching you [is] touching the apple of his eye.