Other translations
American Standard Version
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Darby Bible Translation
And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
And they put him into prison, not knowing what they should do with him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.
God's Word
They kept him in custody until they decided what to do with him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him.
International Standard Version
Then they confined him until it could be declared what should be done to him.
NET Bible
They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.
New American Standard Bible
and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
New International Version
and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
New Living Translation
They held him in custody because they did not know what to do with him.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they put him in custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
The World English Bible
They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
EasyEnglish Bible
They were not sure what to do with the man. So they put him by himself in a tent. Men stood at the door of the tent so that he could not leave it.
Young‘s Literal Translation
and they place him in ward, for it [is] not explained what is [to be] done to him.
New Life Version
They put him in chains, because they did not know what should be done to him for gathering wood on the Day of Rest.
The Voice Bible
They weren’t sure what to do with him because nothing had been declared yet, so they kept him confined.
Living Bible
They jailed him until they could find out the Lord’s mind concerning him.
New Catholic Bible
and they put him under guard, for it had not yet been established what was to be done to him.
Legacy Standard Bible
and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Jubilee Bible 2000
And they put him in ward because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Christian Standard Bible
They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him.
Amplified Bible © 1954
They put him in custody, because it was not certain or clear what should be done to him.
New Century Version
They held the man under guard, because they did not know what to do with him.
The Message
Once, during those wilderness years of the People of Israel, a man was caught gathering wood on the Sabbath. The ones who caught him hauled him before Moses and Aaron and the entire congregation. They put him in custody until it became clear what to do with him. Then God spoke to Moses: “Give the man the death penalty. Yes, kill him, the whole community hurling stones at him outside the camp.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done with him.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They put him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
Good News Translation®
and was put under guard, because it was not clear what should be done with him.
Wycliffe Bible
the which closed, or put, him into prison, and they knew not what they should do to him. (and they enclosed him in prison, and they did not know what they should do with him.)
Contemporary English Version
But no one knew what to do with him, so he was not allowed to leave.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They put him in custody, because it had not been made plain what should be done to him.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They put him in custody because it was not clear what should be done to him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They put him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
Common English Bible © 2011
They placed him in custody, because it wasn’t clear what should be done to him.
Amplified Bible © 2015
and they put him in custody, because it had not been explained [by God] what should be done to him.
English Standard Version Anglicised
They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
But they put him in custody, for there was no clear decision as to what should be done with him.
New American Standard Bible
and they placed him in custody, because it had not been decided what should be done to him.
The Expanded Bible
They held the man under guard, because they did not know what to do with him.
Tree of Life Version
They kept him under arrest, not being clear what was to be done to him.
Revised Standard Version
They put him in custody, because it had not been made plain what should be done to him.
New International Reader's Version
They kept him under guard. It wasn’t clear what should be done to him.
BRG Bible
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
They kept him in custody, because it had not yet been decided what to do to him.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They put him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And they put him under custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Names of God Bible
They kept him in custody until they decided what to do with him.
Modern English Version
They put him in confinement because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Easy-to-Read Version
They guarded the man carefully because they did not know how they should punish him.
International Children’s Bible
They held the man under guard. They did not know what to do with him.
Lexham English Bible
And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him.
New International Version - UK
and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.