Deuteronomy 21:1
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
KJV
Quando inventum fuerit in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi, hominis cadaver occisi, et ignorabitur cædis reus,
Vulgate
Ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῇ τραυματίας ἐν τῇ γῇ ᾗ Κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι κληρονομῆσαι, πεπτωκὼς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, καὶ οὐκ οἴδασιν τὸν πατάξαντα,
LXX
If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him;
ASV
כִּי יִמָּצֵ֣א חָלָ֗ל בָּ/אֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁר֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜י/ךָ נֹתֵ֤ן לְ/ךָ֙ לְ/רִשְׁתָּ֔/הּ נֹפֵ֖ל בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה לֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע מִ֥י הִכָּֽה/וּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- Gen 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- Isa 26:21 — For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
- Prov 28:17 — A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
- Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.