Deuteronomy 21:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsDeuteronomy 21:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהוֹרִ֡דוּ
yârad
H3381
to go down
זִקְנֵי֩
zâqên
H2205
old
הָעִ֨יר
ʻîyr
H5892
city
הַהִ֤וא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָֽעֶגְלָה֙
ʻeglâh
H5697
heifer
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
נַ֣חַל
nachal
H5158
wadi
אֵיתָ֔ן
ʼêythân
H386
perpetual
אֲשֶׁ֛ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יֵעָבֵ֥ד
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
בּ֖וֹ
וְלֹ֣א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִזָּרֵ֑עַ
zâraʻ
H2232
to sow
וְעָֽרְפוּ
ʻâraph
H6202
to break neck
שָׁ֥ם
shâm
H8033
there
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָעֶגְלָ֖ה
ʻeglâh
H5697
heifer
בַּנָּֽחַל
nachal
H5158
wadi
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World English Bible Public Domain
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the elders of that city shall cause the heifer to descend to a valley with running water, that has not been worked in, nor sown, and there they shall break the neck of the heifer in the valley.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).