Deuteronomy 21:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:18 : 18 when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
  • Deut 19:12-13 : 12 then 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; 13 thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.
  • 2 Kgs 10:30-31 : 30 And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, `Because that thou hast done well, to do that which `is' right in Mine eyes -- according to all that `is' in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab -- the sons of the fourth `generation' do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.' 31 And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    84%

    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 21:6-8
    3 verses
    84%

    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,

    7and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen --

    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,

  • Deut 19:10
    82%

    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.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

    20and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

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

  • Exod 23:7
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    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

  • 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;

  • Jer 22:3
    73%

    3Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    73%

    31And the king saith to him, `Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and thou hast buried him, and turned aside the causeless blood which Joab shed, from off me, and from off the house of my father;

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

    9`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

  • Deut 17:7
    72%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 24:4
    71%

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

  • Deut 6:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

    18and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

    19to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

  • Deut 21:10
    71%

    10`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God hath given them into thy hand, and thou hast taken captive its captivity,

  • Deut 19:3
    70%

    3Thou dost prepare for thee the way, and hast divided into three parts the border of thy land which Jehovah thy God doth cause thee to inherit, and it hath been for the fleeing thither of every man-slayer.

  • Deut 16:20
    70%

    20Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    70%

    5For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

    6Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

  • 2 Kgs 21:16
    70%

    16And also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Num 31:19
    70%

    19`And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days -- any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day -- ye and your captives;

  • Deut 21:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    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,

  • Num 35:19
    69%

    19`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

  • Jer 22:17
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 13:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers,

    18when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

  • Joel 3:19
    69%

    19Egypt a desolation becometh, And Edom a desolation, a wilderness, becometh, For violence `to' sons of Judah, Whose innocent blood they shed in their land.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    69%

    10and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.

  • 1 Sam 19:5
    69%

    5yea, he putteth his life in his hand, and smiteth the Philistine, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation for all Israel; thou hast seen, and dost rejoice, and why dost thou sin against innocent blood, to put David to death for nought?'

  • Ezek 18:5
    69%

    5And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness,

  • Deut 13:11
    69%

    11and all Israel do hear and fear, and add not to do like this evil thing in thy midst.

  • Deut 12:25
    69%

    25thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Josh 2:19
    69%

    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;

  • Isa 1:16
    69%

    16Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    69%

    11Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

  • Deut 27:25
    69%

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

  • Num 35:27
    69%

    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;

  • Num 35:24
    68%

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

  • 1 Kgs 2:9
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    9and now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou `art', and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.'

  • Num 35:31
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    31`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

  • Deut 9:4
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    4`Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God's driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;

  • Num 35:29
    68%

    29`And these things have been to you for a statute of judgment to your generations, in all your dwellings: