Deuteronomy 19:11
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
Deuteronomy 19:11 in other translations
| BSB | If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, |
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| WEB | But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities; |
| ASV | But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities; |
| YLT | ‘And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him--the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, |
| DARBY | But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities, |
| BBE | But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns; |
| Webster | But if any man shall hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally, that he dieth, and he shall flee into one of these cities: |
What does Deuteronomy 19:11 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:1-13
Chapter Outline The cities of refuge, The man-slayer, The murderer. (1-13) Landmarks not to be removed. (14) The punishment of false witnesses. (15-21) Verses 1-13 Here is the law settled between the blood of the murdered, and the blood of the murderer; provision is made, that the cities of refuge should be a protection, so that a man should not die for that as a crime, which was not his willing act. In Christ, the…
Deuteronomy 19:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 19:11
- Deuteronomy 27:24
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Numbers 35:16-21
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 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. Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. …
- Numbers 35:24
Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
- Exodus 21:12-14
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Proverbs 28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
27:24; Ge 9:6; Ex 21:12-14; Nu 35:16-21,24; Pr 28:17
mortally. Heb. in life.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 19:10
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
- Deuteronomy 19:11
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
- Deuteronomy 19:12
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Deuteronomy 19:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas cuando hubiere alguno que aborreciere á su prójimo, y lo acechare, y se levantare sobre él, y lo hiriere de muerte, y muriere, y huyere á alguna de estas ciudades; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si un homme hait son prochain, et lui dresse une embûche, et se lève contre lui et le frappe à mort, en sorte qu’il meure, et qu’il s’enfuie dans l’une de ces villes, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber ein Mann seinen Nächsten haßt, und ihm auflauert und sich wider ihn erhebt und ihn totschlägt, so daß er stirbt, und er flieht in eine dieser Städte: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si quis autem, odio habens proximum suum, insidiatus fuerit vitæ ejus, surgensque percusserit illum, et mortuus fuerit, fugeritque ad unam de supradictis urbibus, |