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Genesis 9:6

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

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KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

WEB World English Bible

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT 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.

Surrounding context — Genesis 9

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,

9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;

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Leviticus 24:17And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.Matthew 26:52Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.Revelation 13:10He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.Numbers 35:33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.Exodus 21:12-14He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.Genesis 1:26-27And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.James 3:9Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.Genesis 5:1This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;Romans 13:4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him that doeth evil.1 Kings 2:28-34Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.Genesis 4:14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.Exodus 22:2-3If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.Numbers 35:25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.1 Kings 2:5-6Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, [and] what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that [was] about his loins, and in his shoes that [were] on his feet.Leviticus 17:4And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:Psalm 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done [this] evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, [and] be clear when thou judgest.