Deuteronomy 21:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בְאִ֗ישׁ חֵ֛טְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת וְהוּמָ֑ת וְתָלִ֥יתָ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־עֵֽץ׃

Transliteration

And-when-yihyeh in-ʾîš ḥēṭʾ mišpaṭ-māwet and-hûmāt, and-tālîtā [direct object]-him on-ʿēṣ.

Grammar Details

• *yihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - there is
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *ḥēṭʾ*: masculine singular noun - sin
• *mišpaṭ*: masculine singular noun construct - judgment of
• *māwet*: masculine singular noun - death
• *hûmāt*: Hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he is put to death
• *tālîtā*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you hang
• *ʿēṣ*: masculine singular noun - tree/wood/pole

Word Meanings

• *ḥēṭʾ*: sin/crime/offense
• *mišpaṭ*-*māwet*: judgment of death/capital offense
• *hûmāt*: is put to death/is executed
• *tālîtā*: hang/suspend
• *ʿēṣ*: tree/wood/pole/stake

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And if a man have committed a sin worthy of ath, and he be to be put to ath, and thou hang him on a tree:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if a man{H376} have committed a sin{H2399} worthy of{H4941} death,{H4194} and he be put to death,{H4191} and thou hang{H8518} him on a tree;{H6086}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if a man{H376} have committed a sin{H2399} worthy of{H4941} death{H4194}, and he be to be put to death{H4191}{(H8717)}, and thou hang{H8518}{(H8804)} him on a tree{H6086}:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf a man haue commytted a trespace worthy of deeth and is put to deeth for it and hanged on tree:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf a man haue commytted a synne yt is worthy of death, and is put to death, so that he is hanged on tre,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death for it, and thou hangest hym on tree.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;

• World English Bible (2000)

  If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

Referenced Verses

• Deut 22:26 : 26 You shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like when a man rises against his neighbor and murders him.
• Acts 23:29 : 29 I found that he was accused concerning matters of their law but had no charge against him deserving death or imprisonment.
• Matt 26:66 : 66 What is your judgment?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death."
• Mark 14:64 : 64 You have heard the blasphemy. What do you think?" And they all condemned him as deserving of death.
• Luke 23:33 : 33 When they came to the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals—one on His right and the other on His left.
• John 19:31-38 : 31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Since the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. 35 The one who saw this has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. 36 These things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: 'Not one of his bones will be broken.' 37 And again another Scripture says, 'They will look on the one they have pierced.' 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body.
• Josh 8:29 : 29 He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening. At sunset, Joshua gave the command, and they took his body down from the tree, threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and piled over it a large heap of stones, which remains to this day.
• Josh 10:26 : 26 After this, Joshua struck them down and put them to death. He hanged them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening.
• 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 What you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, you deserve to die because you did not guard your lord, the LORD's anointed. Now, look around! Where are the king's spear and the jar of water that were near his head?"
• 2 Sam 4:12 : 12 So David commanded his young men, and they killed them. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner's tomb in Hebron.
• 2 Sam 21:6 : 6 let seven of his male descendants be handed over to us to be executed before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the Lord’s chosen one." The king said, "I will give them to you."
• 2 Sam 21:9 : 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest.
• Acts 25:11 : 11 If I am guilty and have done anything deserving of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is nothing to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar.
• Acts 25:25 : 25 However, I found that he had done nothing deserving of death. But since he himself has appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
• Acts 26:31 : 31 As they were leaving, they began to discuss among themselves, saying, 'This man has done nothing deserving death or imprisonment.'
• Num 25:4 : 4 The LORD said to Moses, 'Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the LORD's fierce anger may turn away from Israel.'
• Deut 19:6 : 6 Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.