| NETBible | Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; 1 these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. |
| NIV © |
so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood. |
| NASB © |
that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. |
| 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. |
| MSG © |
so that anyone who kills a person accidentally--that is, unintentionally--may flee there as a safe place of asylum from the avenger of blood. |
| BBE © |
So that any man who in error and without design has taken the life of another, may go in flight to them: and they will be safe places for you from him who has the right of punishment for blood. |
| NRSV © |
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. |
| NKJV © |
‘that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. |
| KJV | That the slayer <07523> (8802) that killeth <05221> (8688) [any] person <05315> unawares <07684> [and] unwittingly <01847> may flee <05127> (8800) thither: and they shall be your refuge <04733> from the avenger <01350> (8802) of blood <01818>_. |
| NASB © |
that the manslayer <7523> who kills <5221> any person <5315> unintentionally <7684> , without <1097> premeditation <1847> , may flee <5127> there <8033> , and they shall become <1961> your refuge <4733> from the avenger <1350> of blood .<1818> |
| LXXM | fugadeuthrion {N-ASN} tw <3588> T-DSM foneuth {N-DSM} tw <3588> T-DSM pataxanti <3960> V-AAPDS quchn <5590> N-ASF akousiwv {ADV} kai <2532> CONJ esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P umin <4771> P-DP ai <3588> T-NPF poleiv <4172> N-NPF fugadeuthrion {N-NSN} kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV apoyaneitai <599> V-FMI-3S o <3588> T-NSM foneuthv {N-NSM} upo <5259> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM agcisteuontov {V-PAPGS} to <3588> T-ASN aima <129> N-ASN ewv <2193> CONJ an <302> PRT katasth <2525> V-AAS-3S enantion <1726> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF sunagwghv <4864> N-GSF eiv <1519> PREP krisin <2920> N-ASF |
| NET [draft] ITL | Anyone who accidentally <07684> kills <05221> someone can escape <05127> there <08033> ; these cities will be <01961> a place of asylum <04733> from the avenger <01350> of blood .<01818> |
| HEBREW | Mdh <01818> lagm <01350> jlqml <04733> Mkl <0> wyhw <01961> ted <01847> ylbb <01097> hggsb <07684> spn <05315> hkm <05221> xuwr <07523> hms <08033> ownl (20:3) <05127> |
| NETBible | Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; 1 these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “so that the one who kills, taking life accidentally without knowledge, may flee there.” |