Deuteronomy 19 - Compare Translations
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Deuteronomy 19:1
KJVWhen the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
WEBWhen Yahweh your God cuts off the nations whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them and dwell in their cities and in their houses;
YLT`When Jehovah thy God doth cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, and thou hast succeeded them, and dwelt in their cities, and in their houses,
Deuteronomy 19:2
KJVThou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
WEByou shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the middle of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.
YLTthree cities thou dost separate for thee in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:3
KJVThou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
WEBYou shall prepare the way, and divide the borders of your land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit into three parts, that every man slayer may flee there.
YLTThou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.
Deuteronomy 19:4
KJVAnd this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
WEBThis is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live. Whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past;
YLT`And this [is] the matter of the man-slayer who fleeth thither, and hath lived: He who smiteth his neighbour unknowingly, and is not hating him heretofore,
Deuteronomy 19:5
KJVAs when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
WEBas when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies, he shall flee to one of these cities and live.
YLTeven he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,
Deuteronomy 19:6
KJVLest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
WEBOtherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the man slayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; even though he was not worthy of death, because he didn’t hate him in time past.
YLTlest the redeemer of blood pursue after the man-slayer when his heart is hot, and hath overtaken him (because the way is great), and hath smitten him -- the life, and he hath no sentence of death, for he is not hating him heretofore;
Deuteronomy 19:7
KJVWherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
WEBTherefore I command you to set apart three cities for yourselves.
YLTtherefore I am commanding thee, saying, Three cities thou dost separate to thee.
Deuteronomy 19:8
KJVAnd if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
WEBIf Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers;
YLT`And if Jehovah thy God doth enlarge thy border, as He hath sworn to thy fathers, and hath given to thee all the land which He hath spoken to give to thy fathers --
Deuteronomy 19:9
KJVIf thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
WEBif you keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you today, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then you shall add three cities more for yourselves, in addition to these three.
YLTwhen thou keepest all this command to do it, which I am commanding thee to-day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk in His ways all the days -- then thou hast added to thee yet three cities to these three;
Deuteronomy 19:10
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Deuteronomy 19:11
KJVBut if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
WEBBut if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;
YLT`And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 19:12
KJVThen the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
WEBthen the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
YLTthen the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;
Deuteronomy 19:13
KJVThine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
WEBYour eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you.
YLTthine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:14
KJVThou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
WEBYou shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess.
YLT`Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:15
KJVOne witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
WEBOne witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.
YLT`One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established.
Deuteronomy 19:16
KJVIf a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
WEBIf an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
YLT`When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostacy,
Deuteronomy 19:17
KJVThen both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
WEBthen both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
YLTthen have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
Deuteronomy 19:18
KJVAnd the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
WEBand the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;
YLTand the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness [is] a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:
Deuteronomy 19:19
KJVThen shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
WEBthen you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
YLT`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,
Deuteronomy 19:20
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Deuteronomy 19:21
KJVAnd thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
WEBYour eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
YLTand thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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