Genesis 9:6

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 9:6

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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.

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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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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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.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 9

⁴ But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

⁵ 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:

⁶ Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

⁷ But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”

⁸ Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

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