Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 21:2
American Standard Version
then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Amplified® Bible
Then your elders and judges shall come forth and measure the distance to the cities around him who is slain.
Contemporary English Version
The judges and other leaders from the towns around there must find out what town is the closest to where the body was found.
Darby English Version
then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;
Good News Bible
Your leaders and judges are to go out and measure the distance from the place where the body was found to each of the nearby towns.
King James Version
Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
New American Standard Bible
then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure {the distance} to the cities which are around the slain one.
New International Version
your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns.
New King James Version
then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance from the slain man to the surrounding cities.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which lie around the slain one.
Revised Standard Version
then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure the distance to the cities which are around him that is slain;
Young's Literal Translation
then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which `are' round about the slain one,
