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American Standard Version
So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build `their tombs'.
Amplified® Bible
So you bear witness and give your full approval {and} consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild {and} repair monuments to them.
Contemporary English Version
You must think that was the right thing for your people to do, or else you would not have built monuments for the prophets they murdered.
Darby English Version
Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres].
Good News Bible
You yourselves admit, then, that you approve of what your ancestors did; they murdered the prophets, and you build their tombs.
International Standard Version
So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed those for whom you are building monuments.
King James Version
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
New American Standard Bible
"So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build {their tombs.}
New International Version
So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
New King James Version
In fact, you bear witness that you approve the deeds of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"So you serve as witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because they killed them, and you build their tombs.
Young's Literal Translation
Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;
New English Translation
So you testify that you approve of1 the deeds of your ancestors,2 because they killed the prophets3 and you build their4 tombs!5
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