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Deuteronomy 4:42 - Compare All Versions

Deuteronomy 4:42 NIV (New International Version)

to which anyone who had killed a person could flee if they had unintentionally killed a neighbor without malice aforethought. They could flee into one of these cities and save their life.

Deuteronomy 4:42 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

that the manslayer might flee there, anyone who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without being at enmity with him in time past; he may flee to one of these cities and save his life

Deuteronomy 4:42 NLT (New Living Translation)

Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.

Deuteronomy 4:42 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive

Deuteronomy 4:42 KJV (King James Version)

that the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live

Deuteronomy 4:42 NKJV (New King James Version)

that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally, without having hated him in time past, and that by fleeing to one of these cities he might live

Deuteronomy 4:41-42 MSG (The Message)

Then Moses set aside three towns in the country on the east side of the Jordan to which someone who had unintentionally killed a person could flee and find refuge. If the murder was unintentional and there was no history of bad blood, the murderer could flee to one of these cities and save his life

Deuteronomy 4:42 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

for one to flee there who unintentionally killed his neighbor, without having hatred for him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live

Deuteronomy 4:42 AMP (Amplified Bible)

so that someone who committed manslaughter could flee there, [that is, a person] who killed his neighbor unintentionally and without previously having hostility toward him, and that by escaping to one of these cities he might [claim the right of asylum and] save his life

Deuteronomy 4:42 NET (New English Translation)

Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe.