KJV King James Version
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
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Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
WEB World English Bible
I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
ASV American Standard Version
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it; and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 9
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth [upon] the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאַ֨ךְH389 · akhsurelyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דִּמְכֶ֤םH1818 · dambloodלְנַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙H5315 · ne.pheshsoulאֶדְרֹ֔שׁH1875 · da.rashto seekמִיַּ֥דH3027 · yadhandכָּל־H3605 · kolallחַיָּ֖הH2416 · chayaliveאֶדְרְשֶׁ֑נּוּH1875 · da.rashto seekוּמִיַּ֣דH3027 · yadhandהָֽאָדָ֗םH120 · a.dammanמִיַּד֙H3027 · yadhandאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאָחִ֔יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingאֶדְרֹ֖שׁH1875 · da.rashto seekאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]נֶ֥פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulהָֽאָדָֽם׃H120 · a.damman
Cross-references
Exodus 21:28-29If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.Exodus 21:12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.Genesis 4:9-10And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper?Numbers 35:31-33Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which [is] guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.Psalm 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.Leviticus 19:16Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.Deuteronomy 21:1-9If [one] be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath slain him:Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.Exodus 20:13Thou shalt not kill.Acts 17:26And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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