9So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.


In Context

6 And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,

7 and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

8 Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.

9 So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

10 When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,

11 and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;

Deuteronomy 21:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the [guilt of] innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do [that which is] right in the sight of the LORD.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So you will purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:9And thou shalt be free from the innocent's blood, that was shed, when thou shalt have done what the Lord hath commanded thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9So shalt thou remove the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9So you shall put away the innocent blood from the midst of you, when you shall do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:9and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:9So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.