Genesis 9:6 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 9:6

4 ^aBut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; ^afrom the hand of every beast I will require it, and ^bfrom the hand of man. From the hand of every ^cman’s brother I will require the life of man.

6 “Whoever ^asheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
^bFor in the image of God
He made man.

7 And as for you, ^abe fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:

9 “And as for Me, ^abehold, I establish ^bMy covenant with you and with your¹ descendants after you,

Verse Comparison: Genesis 9:6

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American Standard Version
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

Amplified® Bible
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 9:5)

Darby English Version
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

Good News Bible
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.

King James Version
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

New American Standard Bible
"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.

New International Version
"Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made man.

New King James Version
"Whoever sheds man's blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
For in the image of God
He made man.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Whoever sheds man's blood,By man his blood shall become shed, For in the image of God He made man.

Revised Standard Version
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.

Young's Literal Translation
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

New English Translation
“Whoever sheds human blood,¹ by other humans² must his blood be shed; for in God’s image³ God⁴ has made humankind.”

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