Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
New American Standard Bible
By man his blood shall be shed,
For
He made man.
King James Version
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Holman Bible
his blood will be shed by man,
for God made man in His image.
International Standard Version
"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image.
A Conservative Version
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. For in the image of God he made man.
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
“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully],
By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.
Bible in Basic English
Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Darby Translation
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.
Julia Smith Translation
He pouring out man's blood, by man his blood shall be poured out: for in the image of God he made man.
King James 2000
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[As for] the one shedding the blood of humankind, by humankind his blood shall be shed, for God made humankind in his own image.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood shall be shed by man; for He made man in the image of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
so that he which sheddeth man's blood, shall have his blood shed by man again: for God made man after his own likeness.
NET Bible
"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."
New Heart English Bible
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
The Emphasized Bible
He that sheddeth man's blood, by man, shall his blood be shed, - For, in the image of God, made he man.
Webster
Whoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
World English Bible
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Themes
Avenger of blood » Scriptures relating to
Blood » Shedding of human » Always punished
Covenant » Of God with men » Everlasting
God » Hand of » Image of, in man
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing persons condemned by law
Image » Figurative » Man created in, of God
divine Image » Man made in the divine image
The law of God » Given » To noah
Man » Knowledge limited strength limited » Made in the image of God
Man » Apparent insignificance of » Made in the divine image
Man » Created in the image of God
Murder » Punishment for » death
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 9:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Covenant With Noah
5 'And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man; 6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man. 7 And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'
Cross References
Genesis 1:26-27
And God saith, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'
Leviticus 24:17
'And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.
Matthew 26:52
Then saith Jesus to him, 'Turn back thy sword to its place; for all who did take the sword, by the sword shall perish;
Revelation 13:10
if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
Genesis 5:1
This is an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
Exodus 21:12-14
'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
James 3:9
with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God;
Genesis 4:14
lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'
Exodus 22:2-3
'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;
Leviticus 17:4
and unto the opening of the tent of meeting hath not brought it in to bring near an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood is reckoned to that man -- blood he hath shed -- and that man hath been cut off from the midst of his people;
Numbers 35:25
'And the company have delivered the man-slayer out of the hand of the redeemer of blood, and the company have caused him to turn back unto the city of his refuge, whither he hath fled, and he hath dwelt in it till the death of the chief priest, who hath been anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers 35:33
And ye profane not the land which ye are in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
1 Kings 2:5-6
And also, thou hast known that which he did to me -- Joab son of Zeruiah -- that which he did to two heads of the hosts of Israel, to Abner son of Ner, and to Amasa son of Jether -- that he slayeth them, and maketh the blood of war in peace, and putteth the blood of war in his girdle, that is on his loins, and in his sandals that are on his feet;
1 Kings 2:28-34
And the report hath come unto Joab -- for Joab hath turned aside after Adonijah, though after Absalom he did not turn aside -- and Joab fleeth unto the tent of Jehovah, and layeth hold on the horns of the altar.
Psalm 51:4
Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.
Romans 13:4
for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.