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Berean Standard Bible

“to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:”

Deuteronomy 4:42

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

World English Bible (WEB)

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

King James Version (KJV)

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:

American Standard Version (ASV)

that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

To which anyone causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate, might go in flight; so that in one of these towns he might be kept from death:

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Para que huyese allí el homicida que matase á su prójimo por yerro, sin haber tenido enemistad con él desde ayer ni antes de ayer; y que huyendo á una de estas ciudades salvara la vida:

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

donde pudiera refugiarse cualquier persona que diera muerte a otra por accidente.

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