Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. New Living Translation Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death. English Standard Version And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death. Berean Standard Bible Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. King James Bible And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. New King James Version And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. New American Standard Bible And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. NASB 1995 If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. NASB 1977 ‘And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he may die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Legacy Standard Bible And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible If he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a stone in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death. Christian Standard Bible If anyone has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death. Holman Christian Standard Bible If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death. American Standard Version And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if he struck him with a stone in the hand so that he should die, and he died, he is a murderer; he shall certainly be killed. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if he should smite him with a stone thrown from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death. Douay-Rheims Bible If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner. English Revised Version And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death. GOD'S WORD® Translation If any of you picks up a stone as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death. International Standard Version Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death. JPS Tanakh 1917 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Literal Standard Version And if he has struck him with a stone [in] the hand, with which he could die, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. Majority Standard Bible Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. New American Bible If someone strikes another with a death-dealing stone in the hand and death results, that person is a murderer, and the murderer must be put to death. NET Bible If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. New Revised Standard Version Or anyone who strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. New Heart English Bible If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Webster's Bible Translation And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. World English Bible If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. Young's Literal Translation And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Six Cities of Refuge…16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. 17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. 18If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.… Cross References Numbers 35:18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. Numbers 35:31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. Treasury of Scripture And if he smite him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. throwing a stone. Exodus 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: Jump to Previous Blow Causing Death Die Died Dies Dieth Hand Kill Life Murderer Result Smite Smote Someone Stone Strikes Struck Surely Taker Throwing Whereby WherewithJump to Next Blow Causing Death Die Died Dies Dieth Hand Kill Life Murderer Result Smite Smote Someone Stone Strikes Struck Surely Taker Throwing Whereby WherewithNumbers 35 1. Forty-eight cities for the Levites, with their suburbs, and measure thereof6. Six of them are to be cities of refuge 9. The laws of murder and manslaughter 31. No satisfaction for murder (17) And if he smite . . . --Better, And if he smote . . . With throwing a stone.--Literally, with a stone of the hand--i.e., a stone held in the hand, whether thrown or used as the "weapon of wood" of Numbers 35:18. And he die.--Better, and he died.Verse 17. - With throwing a stone, wherewith he may die. Literally, "with a stone of the hand, by which one may die," i.e., a stone which is suitable for striking or throwing, and apt to inflict a mortal wound. |