Numbers Chapter 35 verse 17 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 35:17

And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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BBE Numbers 35:17

Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
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DARBY Numbers 35:17

And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
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KJV Numbers 35:17

And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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WBT Numbers 35:17

And if he shall smite him by throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he shall die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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WEB Numbers 35:17

If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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YLT Numbers 35:17

`And if with a stone `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - With throwing a stone, wherewith he may die. Literally, "with a stone of the hand, by which one may die," i.e., a stone which is suitable for striking or throwing, and apt to inflict a mortal wound.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) And if he smite . . . --Better, And if he smote . . .With throwing a stone.--Literally, with a stone of the hand--i.e., a stone held in the hand, whether thrown or used as the "weapon of wood" of Numbers 35:18.And he die.--Better, and he died.