Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.
New American Standard Bible
The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
King James Version
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Holman Bible
The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land,
A Conservative Version
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a solitary land. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
American Standard Version
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Amplified
The goat shall carry on itself all their (the Israelites) wickedness, carrying them to a solitary (infertile) land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.
Bible in Basic English
And the goat will take all their sins into a land cut off from men, and he will send the goat away into the waste land.
Darby Translation
that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart from men; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.
Julia Smith Translation
And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert
King James 2000
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus the goat shall bear on it to {a barren region} all their guilt, and he shall send the goat away into the desert.
Modern King James verseion
And the goat shall bear on him all their sins to a land in which no one lives. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the goat shall bear upon him all their misdeeds unto the wilderness, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
NET Bible
The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness.
New Heart English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
The Emphasized Bible
so shall the goat hear upon him all their iniquities into a lone land, - and he shall set the goat free, in the desert.
Webster
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
World English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. 'And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness,
Themes
Atonement » Day of » How observed
Desert » An arid region having only sparse vegetation
hands » Imposition of, used in » Transferring guilt of sacrifices
Offerings » Ordinance relating to the scapegoat
Sacrifices » Were offered » For the whole nation
Scapegoat » Sent into the wilderness by the hands of a fit person
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 16:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Atonement
21 Aaron is to lay his two hands upon the head of the male goat and confess over it the sins of Israel, all their transgressions, and all their sins, thus placing them on the head of the male goat that he'll then send out to the wilderness by the hand of a man capable of carrying out this task. 22 The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness. 23 "Then Aaron is to enter the Tent of Meeting, take off his white linen clothes that he had put on when he entered the sacred place, and leave them there.
Cross References
Isaiah 53:11-12
Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light and find satisfaction. And through his knowledge his servant, the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.
John 1:29
The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Hebrews 9:28
so the Messiah was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people. And he will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly wait for him.
1 Peter 2:24
"He himself bore our sins" in his body on the tree, so that we might die to those sins and live righteously. "By his wounds you have been healed."
Psalm 103:10
He neither deals with us according to our sins, nor repays us equivalent to our iniquity.
Psalm 103:12
As distant as the east is from the west, that is how far he has removed our sins from us.
Ezekiel 18:22
None of the transgressions that he had committed will be held against him. Because of the righteous deeds that he had done, he'll live.
Micah 7:19
He will again show us compassion; he will subdue our iniquities. You will hurl all their sins into the deepest sea.
Galatians 3:13
The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who is hung on a tree!"