Deuteronomy 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
Deuteronomy 19:13 in other translations
| BSB | You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you. |
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| WEB | Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall purge the innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with you. |
| ASV | Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. |
| YLT | thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee. |
| DARBY | Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee. |
| BBE | Have no pity on him, so that Israel may be clear from the crime of putting a man to death without cause, and it will be well for you. |
| Webster | Thy eye shall not pity him, but thou shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 19:13 mean?
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 19:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 19:13
- 1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
- Deuteronomy 21:9
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 7:16
And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
- 2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
- Numbers 35:33-34
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
- Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Ezekiel 16:5
None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.
- Leviticus 24:21
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
- 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:
- Leviticus 24:17
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
- 2 Samuel 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
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Context
- 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 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
- Deuteronomy 19:14
Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour’s landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Deuteronomy 19:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No le perdonará tu ojo: y quitarás de Israel la sangre inocente, y te irá bien. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ton œil ne l’épargnera point, et tu ôteras d’Israël le sang innocent, et tu prospéreras. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dein Auge soll seiner nicht schonen; und du sollst das unschuldige Blut aus Israel hinwegschaffen, und es wird dir wohlgehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non miseraberis ejus, et auferes innoxium sanguinem de Israël, ut bene sit tibi. |