Deuteronomy 19:6
“Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Deuteronomy 19:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
auf daß nicht der Bluträcher, weil sein Herz entbrannt ist, dem Totschläger nachsetze und ihn erreiche, weil der Weg lang ist, und ihn totschlage, obwohl ihm kein Todesurteil gebührt, da er ihn vordem nicht haßte.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
No sea que el pariente del muerto vaya tras el homicida, cuando se enardeciere su corazón, y le alcance por ser largo el camino, y le hiera de muerte, no debiendo ser condenado á muerte; por cuanto no tenía enemistad desde ayer ni antes de ayer con el muerto.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Não seja que o parente do morto vá atrás do homicida, quando se arder seu coração, e o alcance por ser longo o caminho, e o fira de morte, não devendo ser condenado à morte; porquanto não tinha inimizade nem recente nem em passado distante com o morto.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Do contrário, o vingador do sangue pode ir atrás daquele que tirou a vida e, no calor da sua raiva, o alcançar, se o caminho for muito longo, o atacar e matar, ainda que o homem não mereça morrer, já que ele não odiava o seu vizinho anteriormente.
📖 Deuteronomy 19:6 in Context
4And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
5As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
7Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
8And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
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