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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
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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