Deuteronomy 19:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“As 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:”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 19:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 19:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 19:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor 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 neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 19:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died--he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 19:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“as when he 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 iron slippeth from the handle, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; such an one shall flee unto one of these cities, and live;”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 19:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“As hee that goeth vnto the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand striketh with the axe to cut downe the tree, if the head slip from the helue, and hit his neighbour that he dieth, the same shall flee vnto one of the cities, and liue,”
Deuteronomy 19:5 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 19:5 in Context — Deuteronomy 19
3 Tu établiras des routes, et tu diviseras en trois parties le territoire du pays que l’Éternel, ton Dieu, va te donner en héritage. Il en sera ainsi afin que tout meurtrier puisse s’enfuir dans ces villes.
4 Cette loi s’appliquera au meurtrier qui s’enfuira là pour sauver sa vie, lorsqu’il aura involontairement tué son prochain, sans avoir été auparavant son ennemi.
5 Un homme, par exemple, va couper du bois dans la forêt avec un autre homme; la hache en main, il s’élance pour abattre un arbre; le fer échappe du manche, atteint le compagnon de cet homme, et lui donne la mort. Alors il s’enfuira dans l’une de ces villes pour sauver sa vie,
6 de peur que le vengeur du sang, échauffé par la colère et poursuivant le meurtrier, ne finisse par l’atteindre s’il y avait à faire beaucoup de chemin, et ne frappe mortellement celui qui ne mérite pas la mort, puisqu’il n’était point auparavant l’ennemi de son prochain.
7 C’est pourquoi je te donne cet ordre: Tu sépareras trois villes.
What Does Deuteronomy 19:5 Mean?
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