8When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.
8“When you build a new house, you shall make a 22:8 I.e., a protective railingparapet for your roof, so that you will not bring guilt for bloodshed on your house if anyone falls from it.
8“When you build a new house, you shall make a railing (parapet) around your [flat] roof, so that you do not bring the guilt of [innocent] blood on your house if someone falls from it.
8If 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.