Deuteronomy 21:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen --

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  • Num 5:19-28 : 19 `And the priest hath caused her to swear, and hath said unto the woman, If no man hath lain with thee, and if thou hast not turned aside `to' uncleanness under thy husband, be free from these bitter waters which cause the curse; 20 and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband -- 21 (then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman) -- Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse, in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell, 22 and these waters which cause the curse have gone into thy bowels, to cause the belly to swell, and the thigh to fall; and the woman hath said, Amen, Amen. 23 `And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted `them' out with the bitter waters, 24 and hath caused the woman to drink the bitter waters which cause the curse, and the waters which cause the curse have entered into her for bitter things. 25 `And the priest hath taken out of the hand of the woman the present of jealousy, and hath waved the present before Jehovah, and hath brought it near unto the altar; 26 and the priest hath taken a handful of the present, its memorial, and hath made perfume on the altar, and afterwards doth cause the woman to drink the water: 27 yea, he hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people. 28 `And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown `with' seed.
  • 2 Sam 16:8 : 8 Jehovah hath turned back on thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned, and Jehovah doth give the kingdom in to the hand of Absalom thy son; and lo, thou `art' in thine evil, for a man of blood thou `art'.'
  • Job 21:21-23 : 21 For what `is' his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off? 22 To God doth `one' teach knowledge, And He the high doth judge? 23 This `one' dieth in his perfect strength, Wholly at ease and quiet.
  • Job 21:31-34 : 31 Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him? 32 And he -- to the graves he is brought. And over the heap a watch is kept. 33 Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering. 34 And how do ye comfort me `with' vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?
  • Ps 7:3-4 : 3 O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands, 4 If I have done my well-wisher evil, And draw mine adversary without cause,

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    6and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley,

  • Deut 21:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them,

    9and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4`I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, `What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

  • Matt 27:24-25
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    72%

    24And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

    25and all the people answering said, `His blood `is' upon us, and upon our children!'

  • Deut 21:1-4
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    72%

    1`When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him,

    2then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which `are' round about the slain one,

    3and it hath been, the city which `is' near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke,

    4and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley.

  • Deut 19:12-13
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    71%

    12then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

    13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

  • Deut 19:10
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    10and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

  • Ps 79:3
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    3They have shed their blood As water round about Jerusalem, And there is none burying.

  • Lam 4:13-14
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    13Because of the sins of her prophets, The iniquities of her priests, Who are shedding in her midst the blood of the righteous,

    14They have wandered naked in out-places, They have been polluted with blood, Without `any' being able to touch their clothing,

  • Num 35:33
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    33`And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

  • Josh 2:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood `is' on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood `is' on our head, if a hand is on him;

    20and if thou declare this our matter, then we have been acquitted from thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear.'

  • Matt 23:30
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    30and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

  • 1 Sam 12:4
    69%

    4And they say, `Thou hast not oppressed us, nor hast thou crushed us, nor hast thou taken from the hand of any one anything.'

  • Lam 5:7
    69%

    7Our fathers have sinned -- they are not, We their iniquities have borne.

  • Gen 42:21-22
    2 verses
    69%

    21And they say one unto another, `Verily we `are' guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

    22And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

  • Josh 20:5
    69%

    5`And when the redeemer of blood doth pursue after him, then they do not shut up the man-slayer into his hand, for without knowledge he hath smitten his neighbour, and is not hating him hitherto;

  • Jer 19:4
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    4because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place `with' innocent blood,

  • Jer 22:17
    68%

    17But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.

  • Lev 17:4
    67%

    4and unto the opening of the tent of meeting hath not brought it in to bring near an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood is reckoned to that man -- blood he hath shed -- and that man hath been cut off from the midst of his people;

  • Ps 79:10
    67%

    10Why do the nations say, `Where `is' their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

  • 2 Kgs 24:4
    67%

    4and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

  • Ezek 24:7
    67%

    7For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.

  • Ps 7:3
    67%

    3O Jehovah, my God, if I have done this, If there is iniquity in my hands,

  • Ezek 22:13
    67%

    13And lo, I have smitten My hand, Because of thy dishonest gain that thou hast gained, And for thy blood that hath been in thy midst.

  • Isa 59:3
    67%

    3For your hands have been polluted with blood, And your fingers with iniquity, Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue perverseness doth mutter.

  • Deut 17:7
    67%

    7the hand of the witnesses is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.

  • Isa 1:15
    67%

    15And in your spreading forth your hands, I hide mine eyes from you, Also when ye increase prayer, I do not hear, Your hands of blood have been full.

  • Hos 4:2
    67%

    2Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.

  • Num 35:27
    67%

    27and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;

  • Gen 4:10
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    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

  • Rev 6:10
    66%

    10and they were crying with a great voice, saying, `Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

  • Deut 19:21
    66%

    21and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Prov 6:17
    66%

    17Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

  • Exod 5:21
    66%

    21and say unto them, `Jehovah look upon you, and judge, because ye have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants -- to give a sword into their hand to slay us.'

  • Josh 2:17
    66%

    17And the men say unto her, `We are acquitted of this thine oath which thou hast caused us to swear:

  • Jer 26:15
    66%

    15Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'

  • Ps 94:21
    66%

    21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

  • Num 35:24
    66%

    24then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.

  • Job 16:17-18
    2 verses
    66%

    17Not for violence in my hands, And my prayer `is' pure.

    18O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

  • Deut 27:25
    66%

    25`Cursed `is' he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.