Deuteronomy 22:8 - Catholic Public Domain VersionWhen you build a new house, you shall make a wall around the roof. Otherwise, someone may slip and fall down violently, and so blood would be shed at your house, and you would be guilty. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionWhen you build a new house, then you shall put a railing around your [flat] roof, so that no one may fall from there and bring guilt of blood upon your house. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. See the chapterCommon English BibleWhenever you build a new house, you must build a railing for the roof so that you don’t end up with innocent blood on your hands because someone fell off of it. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionWhen thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about: lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong. See the chapter |