Joshua 20:3 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

for the fleeing thither of a man-slayer smiting life inadvertently, without knowledge; and they have been to you for a refuge from the redeemer of blood.

English ASV

that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly and unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

English Amplified

That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. [Num. 35:10ff.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. [Num. 35:10ff.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

that the slayer who unwittingly without intent smiteth any one mortally may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English EASY 2024

Anyone can be safe in these cities if he has killed someone but he did not mean to kill. A person like that must run to one of these towns and he will be safe from the dead person's relative.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Anyone who kills someone accidentally can go to a city of safety to hide from the relatives who want to kill him.

that the manslayer who strikes any person without intent or unknowingly may flee there. They shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

If any of you accidentally kills someone, you can go there and escape the one who is looking for revenge.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Choose them so that anyone who unintentionally kills someone may run to them. They will be a place of refuge from any relative who can avenge the death.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English KJV 1611

That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English LSB

that the manslayer who strikes down any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become for you as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

so that anyone who kills a person without intent and unknowingly may flee there. They shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

to which one guilty of accidental and unintended homicide may flee for asylum from the avenger of blood.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Anyone who kills a person by accident can run there for safety. So can anyone who kills a person without meaning to. The one who is charged with murder will be kept safe from the nearest male relative of the person who was killed.

English NIV

so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.

English NKJ 1982

that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

English NLT

Anyone who kills another person unintentionally can run to one of these cities and be protected from the relatives of the one who was killed, for the relatives may seek to avenge the killing.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

so that anyone who kills a person without intent or by mistake may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

that the manslayer who kills any person without intent or unwittingly may flee there; they shall be for you a refuge from the avenger of blood.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

If a man is guilty of killing someone unintentionally, he can run to one of these cities and be protected from the relatives of the dead man, who may try to kill him in revenge.

English Tyndale 1537

that the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly, may flee thither. And those cities shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.