Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Or if anyone is holding a stone and strikes someone a fatal blow with it, that person is a murderer; the murderer is to be put to death. New Living Translation Or if someone with a stone in his hand strikes and kills another person, it is murder, and the murderer must be put to death. English Standard Version 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. Berean Study Bible Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. King James Bible 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. New King James Version And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. New American Standard Bible And if he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. NASB 1995 If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. NASB 1977 ‘And if he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he may die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible If he struck his victim down [intentionally] with a stone in hand, which may cause a person to die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall certainly be put to death. Christian Standard Bible If anyone has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death. Holman Christian Standard Bible If a man has in his hand a stone capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if he struck him with a stone in the hand so that he should die, and he died, he is a murderer; he shall certainly be killed. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if he should smite him with a stone thrown from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he thus die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death. Douay-Rheims Bible If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall be punished in the same manner. International Standard Version Furthermore, whoever uses a stone implement to kill someone is to be adjudged a murderer, and that murderer is certainly to be put to death. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version And if he has struck him with a stone [in] the hand, with which he could die, and he dies, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. New American Bible If someone strikes another with a death-dealing stone in the hand and death results, that person is a murderer, and the murderer must be put to death. NET Bible If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. New Revised Standard Version Or anyone who strikes another with a stone in hand that could cause death, and death ensues, is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death. New Heart English Bible If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. World English Bible If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Young's Literal Translation And if with a stone in the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death. Additional Translations ... Context Six Cities of Refuge…16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. 17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. 18If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.… Cross References Numbers 35:18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death. Numbers 35:31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. Treasury of Scripture And if he smite him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. throwing a stone. Exodus 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
(17) And if he smite . . . --Better, And if he smote . . . With throwing a stone.--Literally, with a stone of the hand--i.e., a stone held in the hand, whether thrown or used as the "weapon of wood" of Numbers 35:18. And he die.--Better, and he died.Verse 17. - With throwing a stone, wherewith he may die. Literally, "with a stone of the hand, by which one may die," i.e., a stone which is suitable for striking or throwing, and apt to inflict a mortal wound. |
   
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