Verse (Click for Chapter) Berean Study BibleIf you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it. King James Bible When 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. American Standard Version 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. Darby Bible Translation When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any one should in any wise fall from it. Douay-Rheims Bible When 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. English Revised Version When 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. Young's Literal Translation 'When thou buildest a new house, then thou hast made a parapet to thy roof, and thou dost not put blood on thy house when one falleth from it. Deuteronomy 22:8 /deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8 /deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Deuteronomy 22:8 |