The LORD said, *What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
Deuteronomy 21:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it isn't known who has struck him; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition IF ONE is found slain in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has killed him, American Standard Version (1901) If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; Common English Bible If a corpse is found on the ground the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and the identity of the killer is unknown, Catholic Public Domain Version "When there will have been found in the land, which the Lord your God will give to you, the corpse of a man who has been killed, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When there shall be found in the land, which the Lord thy God will give thee, the corpse of a man slain, and it is not known who is guilty of the murder: |
The LORD said, *What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.
For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, *No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.*
that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
Only the trees of which you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him who is slain:
I commanded you at that time, saying, the LORD your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Yisra'el, all the men of valor.