And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
Numbers 35:17 - English Standard Version 2016 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if he struck him down by throwing a stone, by which a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible If someone strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must definitely be put to death. Catholic Public Domain Version If he will have thrown a stone, and he who has been struck lies dead, then he shall be punished similarly. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner. |
And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,
And I will judge you as women who commit adultery and shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.
Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.