2 Kings 24:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And also because of the innocent blood that he had shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to pardon.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and also for the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} that he shed;{H8210} for he filled{H4390} Jerusalem{H3389} with innocent{H5355} blood:{H1818} and Jehovah{H3068} would{H14} not pardon.{H5545}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And also for the innocent{H5355} blood{H1818} that he shed{H8210}{(H8804)}: for he filled{H4390}{(H8762)} Jerusalem{H3389} with innocent{H5355} blood{H1818}; which the LORD{H3068} would{H14}{(H8804)} not pardon{H5545}{(H8800)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & because of the innocent bloude that he shed. And he fylled Ierusalem with innocent bloude, therfore wolde not the LORDE be reconcyled.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Ierusalem with innocent blood) therefore the Lord would not pardon it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And for the innocent blood that he shed, and filled Hierusalem with innocent blood: and the Lorde would not be reconciled.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin he caused Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • Ps 106:38 : 38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
  • Jer 2:34 : 34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things.
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then the LORD said to me: 'Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not go out to these people. Send them away from My presence and let them go.' 2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'
  • Jer 19:4 : 4 For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
  • Lam 3:42 : 42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.
  • Ezek 33:25 : 25 Therefore, say to them, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: You eat meat with the blood still in it, you look to your idols, and you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?'
  • Num 35:33 : 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.
  • Deut 19:10 : 10 This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 21:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin he caused Judah to commit, leading them to do evil in the sight of the LORD.

    17 As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  • Jer 19:4
    77%

    4 For they have abandoned Me and made this place foreign. They have burned incense here to other gods—gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah have known. And they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

  • Lam 4:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13 It happened because of the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

    14 They wandered blindly through the streets, defiled by blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

  • 2 Kgs 24:5
    75%

    5 The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

  • Deut 21:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 LORD, make atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the guilt of innocent blood against Your people Israel.’ And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

    9 So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

  • Jer 22:17
    74%

    17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.

  • 2 Kgs 24:3
    73%

    3 Surely this came upon Judah by the command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done.

  • Ezek 24:6-9
    4 verses
    72%

    6 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot whose corrosion is in it and whose rust will not come off! Take its pieces out one by one; no lot will be cast for them.

    7 For the blood she has shed is inside her; she placed it on the bare rock. She did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

    8 To stir up wrath and bring vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so it would not be covered.

    9 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I myself will make the fire great.

  • Joel 3:19
    72%

    19 Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and Edom a desert wilderness, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

  • Isa 4:4
    72%

    4 The Lord will wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleanse the bloodstains of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10 This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

  • Deut 19:13
    72%

    13 Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

  • Jer 15:4
    71%

    4 I will make them an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 2:34
    71%

    34 Even on your skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor. You did not find them breaking in, yet it is because of all these things.

  • Ezek 9:9
    71%

    9 He said to me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of injustice. They say, "The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see."'

  • Jer 26:15
    71%

    15 But you should certainly know that if you put me to death, you are bringing innocent blood upon yourselves, this city, and its inhabitants, for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.

  • Matt 27:4
    70%

    4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.'

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    70%

    22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'

  • Ps 79:3
    70%

    3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them.

  • Mic 3:10
    70%

    10 You build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    70%

    31 The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause.

  • Jer 5:1
    70%

    1 Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.

  • Joel 3:21
    70%

    21 I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged, for the LORD dwells in Zion.

  • Jer 22:3
    70%

    3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Jer 44:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6 So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

    7 Now therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves, cutting off from Judah man, woman, child, and infant, leaving yourselves without any remnant?

  • 2 Chr 34:5
    70%

    5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 9:7
    69%

    7 Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

  • Isa 1:21
    69%

    21 How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness once dwelt in her, but now murderers.

  • Jer 4:14
    69%

    14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?

  • Ps 94:21
    69%

    21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • Amos 2:4
    69%

    4 This is what the LORD says: 'For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept His statutes. Their lies have led them astray, lies after which their ancestors walked.'

  • Ezek 9:4
    69%

    4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'

  • Hos 4:2
    69%

    2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

  • 2 Kgs 23:26
    68%

    26 However, the LORD did not turn from the fierce anger that burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    68%

    11 How much more, then, when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed! Should I not now demand his blood from your hand and remove you from the earth?

  • Dan 9:12
    68%

    12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 22:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2 Son of man, will you judge? Will you judge the city of bloodshed and confront her with all her abominations?

    3 Then say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that sheds blood in her midst to bring her time closer, and makes idols to defile herself,

  • Isa 26:21
    68%

    21 See, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the people of the earth for their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; it will conceal its slain no longer.

  • 2 Kgs 24:20
    68%

    20 Because of the LORD's anger, this happened to Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out of His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • Ezek 36:18
    68%

    18 So I poured out my wrath on them because of the blood they had shed on the land and because they had defiled it with their idols.

  • Matt 27:24
    68%

    24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.'

  • Hos 6:8
    68%

    8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with blood.