Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. New Living Translation Then they must say, ‘Our hands did not shed this person’s blood, nor did we see it happen. English Standard Version and they shall testify, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it shed. Berean Study Bible and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. King James Bible And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. New King James Version Then they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes seen it. New American Standard Bible and they shall respond and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see who did. NASB 1995 and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. NASB 1977 and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands have not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. Amplified Bible and they shall respond, and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. Christian Standard Bible They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it. American Standard Version and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they shall answer and they shall say: 'Our hand has not shed this blood and our eyes have not seen. Brenton Septuagint Translation and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen it. Contemporary English Version and say, "We had no part in this murder, and we don't know who did it. Douay-Rheims Bible And shall say: Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. Good News Translation and say, 'We did not murder this one, and we do not know who did it. International Standard Version and they are to make this declaration: 'Our hands didn't shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to the crime. JPS Tanakh 1917 And they shall speak and say: 'Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Literal Standard Version and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen— New American Bible and shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see the deed. NET Bible Then they must proclaim, "Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime. New Revised Standard Version and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor were we witnesses to it. New Heart English Bible and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. World English Bible and they shall answer and say, "Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Young's Literal Translation and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen -- Additional Translations ... Context The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder…6Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken, 7and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 8Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.… Cross References Numbers 35:33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Deuteronomy 21:6 Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken, Deuteronomy 21:8 Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them." And the bloodshed will be atoned for. Treasury of Scripture And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Numbers 5:19-28 And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: … 2 Samuel 16:8 The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. Job 21:21-23 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? …
Verses 7, 8. - This act they were to accompany with a solemn declaration of their innocence of this crime, and of their entire ignorance of the perpetrator of it; and with an earnest cry to God that the sin which had been done might be forgiven. Be merciful... unto; be propitiated towards (literally, cover, כַּפֵּר לְעַמְך; for the phrase, כַּפֵר לְ, see Leviticus 1:4). And lay not innocent blood; the blood of the innocent man who has been slain. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and they shall declare,וְעָנ֖וּ (wə·‘ā·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond “Our hands יָדֵ֗ינוּ (yā·ḏê·nū) Noun - fdc | first person common plural Strong's 3027: A hand did not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no shed שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ (šā·p̄ə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that blood, הַדָּ֣ם (had·dām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed nor did לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no our eyes וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ (wə·‘ê·nê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | first person common plural Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain see it. רָאֽוּ׃ (rā·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7200: To see Jump to Previous Blood Death Declare Eyes Hands Shed Speak Testify WorkJump to Next Blood Death Declare Eyes Hands Shed Speak Testify WorkLinks Deuteronomy 21:7 NIVDeuteronomy 21:7 NLT Deuteronomy 21:7 ESV Deuteronomy 21:7 NASB Deuteronomy 21:7 KJV Deuteronomy 21:7 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 21:7 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 21:7 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 21:7 French Bible Deuteronomy 21:7 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 21:7 And they shall answer and say Our (Deut. De Du) |
   
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