Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
'Thou dost not murder.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Thou shalt not kill.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"You are not to commit murder.
A Conservative Version
Thou shall not murder.
American Standard Version
Thou shalt not kill.
Amplified
“You shall not commit murder (unjustified, deliberate homicide).
Bible in Basic English
Do not put anyone to death without cause.
Darby Translation
Thou shalt not kill.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not kill.
King James 2000
You shall not kill.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"You shall not murder.
Modern King James verseion
You shall not kill.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Thou shalt not kill.
NET Bible
"You shall not murder.
New Heart English Bible
"You shall not murder.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou shalt not commit murder.
Webster
Thou shalt not kill.
World English Bible
"You shall not murder.
Themes
Commandment » The ten commandments
The ten commandments » Enumerated
The law of God » Given » To the israelites
natural Life » Of others, not to be taken away
Murder » Forbidden by mosaic law
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 20:13
Prayers for Exodus 20:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Ten Commandments
12 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee. 13 'Thou dost not murder. 14 'Thou dost not commit adultery.
Cross References
Romans 13:9
for, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;'
Genesis 9:5-6
'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
Exodus 21:20
And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged;
Isaiah 26:21
For, lo, Jehovah is coming out of His place, To charge the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth upon him, And revealed hath the earth her blood, Nor doth she cover any more her slain!'
Matthew 5:21-22
'Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;
Matthew 19:18
He saith to him, 'What kind?' And Jesus said, 'Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,
James 2:11
for He who is saying, 'Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, 'Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;
Genesis 4:8-23
And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, 'Let us go into the field;' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.
Exodus 21:14
'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
Exodus 21:29
and if the ox is one accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
Leviticus 24:21
And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death;
Numbers 35:16-34
And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he is a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
Deuteronomy 5:17
'Thou dost not murder.
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
And when a man is hating his neighbour, and hath lain in wait for him, and risen against him, and smitten him -- the life, and he hath died, and he hath fled unto one of these cities,
2 Samuel 12:9-10
'Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.
2 Kings 21:16
And also, innocent blood hath Manasseh shed very much, till that he hath filled Jerusalem -- mouth to mouth; apart from his sin that he hath caused Judah to sin, to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 24:22
and Joash the king hath not remembered the kindness that Jehoiada his father did with him, and slayeth his son, and in his death he said, 'Jehovah doth see, and require.'
Psalm 10:8-11
He doth sit in an ambush of the villages, In secret places he doth slay the innocent. His eyes for the afflicted watch secretly,
Proverbs 1:11
If they say, 'Come with us, we lay wait for blood, We watch secretly for the innocent without cause,
Proverbs 1:18
And they for their own blood lay wait, They watch secretly for their own lives.
Jeremiah 26:15
Only, know ye certainly, that if ye are putting me to death, surely innocent blood ye are putting on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly hath Jehovah sent me unto you to speak in your ears all these words.'
Acts 28:4
And when the foreigners saw the beast hanging from his hand, they said unto one another, 'Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, having been saved out of the sea, the justice did not suffer to live;'
Galatians 5:21
envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.
1 Timothy 1:9
having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,
James 2:13
for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.
1 John 3:12-15
not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.