Exodus 21:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:14 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 →
וְכִֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יָזִ֥ד
zûwd
H2102
to act presumptuously
אִ֛ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
רֵעֵ֖הוּ
rêaʻ
H7453
friend
לְהָרְג֣וֹ
hârag
H2026
to kill
בְעָרְמָ֑ה
ʻormâh
H6195
prudence
מֵעִ֣ם
ʻim
H5973
with
מִזְבְּחִ֔י
mizbêach
H4196
altar
תִּקָּחֶ֖נּוּ
lâqach
H3947
to take
לָמֽוּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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King James Version Public Domain
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If a man willfully acts against his neighbor to kill him with cunning, then you shall take him from my altar for execution.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).