Leviticus 16:22
Modern Translations
New International Version
The goat will carry on itself all their sins to a remote place; and the man shall release it in the wilderness.

New Living Translation
As the goat goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into a desolate land.

English Standard Version
The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.

Berean Study Bible
The goat will carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place, and the man will release it into the wilderness.

New American Standard Bible
Then the goat shall carry on itself all their wrongdoings to an isolated territory; he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

NASB 1995
"The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

NASB 1977
“And the goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

Amplified Bible
The goat shall carry on itself all their (the Israelites) wickedness, carrying them to a solitary (infertile) land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

Christian Standard Bible
The goat will carry all their iniquities into a desolate land, and the man will release it there.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The goat will carry on it all their wrongdoings into a desolate land, and he will release it there."

Contemporary English Version
Finally, this goat that carries the heavy burden of Israel's sins must be released deep in the desert.

Good News Translation
The goat will carry all their sins away with him into some uninhabited land.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The goat will take all their sins away to a deserted place. The man must release the goat in the desert.

International Standard Version
The male goat will bear on itself all their sins to a solitary land as Aaron sends the goat out to the wilderness.

NET Bible
The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

New King James Version
The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

King James 2000 Bible
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

New Heart English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

World English Bible
The goat shall carry all their iniquities on himself to a solitary land, and he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

American King James Version
And the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

American Standard Version
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

A Faithful Version
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land in which no one lives. And he shall let the goat go in the wilderness.

Darby Bible Translation
that the goat may bear upon him all their iniquities to a land apart [from men]; and he shall send away the goat into the wilderness.

English Revised Version
and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
So the goate shal beare vpon him all their iniquities into the land that is not inhabited, & he shal let the goate go into the wildernesse.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the goate shall beare vpon hym all theyr misdeedes vnto the lande of seperation, and he shall let the goate go into the wyldernesse.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
yt the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to ye wyldernesse, and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And the goote shall bere apon him all their mysdeades vnto the wildernesse, and he shall let the goote goo fre in the wildernesse.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and the goat has borne on himself all their iniquities to a land of separation. And he has sent the goat away into the wilderness,

Young's Literal Translation
and the goat hath borne on him all their iniquities unto a land of separation. 'And he hath sent the goat away into the wilderness,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the he goat lifted up upon him all their iniquities to a desert land: and he sent the he goat into the desert.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the goat hath carried all their iniquities into an uninhabited land, and shall be let go into the desert,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when the goat has carried all their iniquities into a solitary land, and has been released into the desert,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the kid shall bear on him all their evil to a barren land and he shall leave the kid in the wilderness.

Lamsa Bible
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities to a barren land; and he shall leave the goat in the wilderness.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land which is cut off; and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the goat shall bear their unrighteousnesses upon him into a desert land; and Aaron shall send away the goat into the wilderness.
















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