Deuteronomy 13 · Verse 9

Deuteronomy 13:9

But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
Deuteronomy 13:9, King James Version

Deuteronomy 13:9 in other translations

BSBInstead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
WEBbut you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
ASVbut thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
YLT‘But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;
DARBYbut thou shalt in any case kill him: thy hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people;
BBEBut put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
WebsterBut thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

What does Deuteronomy 13:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. thou shalt surely kill him--not hastily, or in a private manner, but after trial and conviction; and his relative, as informer, was to cast the first stone (see on De 17:2; Ac 7:58). It is manifest that what was done in secret could not be legally proved by a single informer; and hence Jewish writers say that spies were set in some private part of the house, to hear the conversation and watch the conduct of a person suspected of idolatrous tendencies.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 13:6-11

It is the policy of Satan to try to lead us to evil by those whom we love, whom we least suspect of any ill design, and whom we are desirous to please, and apt to conform to. The enticement here is supposed to come from a brother or child, who are near by nature; from a wife or friend, who are near by choice, and are to us as our souls. But it is our duty to prefer God and religion, before the nearest and dearest…

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 13:6-11 →

Deuteronomy 13:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
הָרֹג֙ha.Rogcertainly <to kill>H2026
תַּֽהַרְגֶ֔נּוּta.har.Ge.nuyou will kill himH2026
יָֽדְךָ֛ya.de.Khahand yourH3027
תִּֽהְיֶה\־tih.yeh-it will beH1961
בּ֥וֹboon him
בָרִֽאשׁוֹנָ֖הva.ri.sho.Nahat the firstH7223
לַהֲמִית֑וֹla.ha.mi.Toto put to death himH4191
וְיַ֥דve.Yadand [the] hand ofH3027
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה\׃ba.'a.cha.ro.Nahat the lastH314

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 13:9

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

  • John 8:7

    So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

  • Acts 7:58

    And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

  • Deuteronomy 17:2-7

    If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. …

  • Luke 14:26

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But.
17:2-7; Mt 10:37; Lu 14:26
thine hand.
17:7; Joh 8:7; Ac 7:58

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 13:8

    Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

  • Deuteronomy 13:9

    But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Deuteronomy 13:10

    And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Read all of Deuteronomy 13

Deuteronomy 13:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Antes has de matarlo; tu mano será primero sobre él para matarle, y después la mano de todo el pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		tu ne t’accorderas pas avec lui et tu ne l’écouteras pas; et ton œil ne l’épargnera pas, et tu n’auras pas pitié de lui, et tu ne le cacheras pas;
German
Elberfelder 1871		sondern du sollst ihn gewißlich töten. Deine Hand soll zuerst an ihm sein, ihn zu töten, und danach die Hand des ganzen Volkes;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		sed statim interficies: sit primum manus tua super eum, et postea omnis populus mittat manum.