“If he fathers a son who is a robber who sheds blood, and who does any one of these things,
Parallel translations
- KJV If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
- BSB Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
- NKJV “If he begets a son who is a robber Or a shedder of blood, Who does any of these things
- NASB “However, he may father a violent son who sheds blood, and does any one of these things to a brother
- NLT “But suppose that man has a son who grows up to be a robber or murderer and refuses to do what is right.
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Cross-references · 8
- Exod 21:12“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
- Lev 19:13“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
- John 18:40Then they all shouted again, saying, “Not this man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a robber.
- Gen 9:5–6I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
- Num 35:31“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
- Mal 3:8–9Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.
- 1 Jn 3:12unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- Exod 22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
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