The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood.”
Deuteronomy 21:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, neither did our eyes see it shed. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they shall testify, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. American Standard Version (1901) and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Common English Bible They will then solemnly state: “Our hands did not shed this blood. Our eyes did not see it happen. Catholic Public Domain Version And they shall say: 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. |
The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your ruin is on you; for you are a man of blood.”
You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it.
And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;
Forgive, O Lord, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and set not the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of thy people Israel; but let the guilt of blood be forgiven them.’