Deuteronomy 21:22

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,

📖 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

• 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,

• 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:

• 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 But to the young woman you shall do nothing; there is in the young woman no sin worthy of death; for just as when a man rises against his neighbor and kills him, even so is this matter.
• Acts 23:29 : 29 I found him to be accused over questions about their law, but had nothing charged against him deserving death or imprisonment.
• Matt 26:66 : 66 What do you think? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
• Mark 14:64 : 64 You have heard the blasphemy; what think you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
• Luke 23:33 : 33 And when they came to the place called Calvary, they crucified Him there, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left.
• John 19:31-38 : 31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs: 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. 35 And he who saw it bore witness, and his testimony is true: and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36 For these things were done so that the scripture would be fulfilled, Not a bone of him shall be broken. 37 And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced. 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave permission. He came and took the body of Jesus.
• Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening; and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones, that remains to this day.
• Josh 10:26 : 26 And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.
• 1 Sam 26:16 : 16 This thing you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you are deserving of death because you have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head."
• 2 Sam 4:12 : 12 And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
• 2 Sam 21:6 : 6 Let seven of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them.
• 2 Sam 21:9 : 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD; and they all seven fell together and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
• Acts 25:11 : 11 For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing of these charges against me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar.
• Acts 25:25 : 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing deserving of death, and since he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have decided to send him.
• Acts 26:31 : 31 And when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man does nothing deserving of death or chains.
• Num 25:4 : 4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD in the sunlight, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
• Deut 19:6 : 6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.