Genesis 9:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ “God made people as a copy of himself. So any person who kills a person must be killed by a person.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Common English Bible

⁶ Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his blood will be shed; for in the divine image God made human beings.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

Genesis 9:6 Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Look, you are forcing me to leave my land. I won’t be able to see you or be near you! I won’t have a home! I will be forced to wander from place to place on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 42:22

Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for his death.”

Genesis 5:1

This is the book about the family of Adam. [32] God made people a copy of himself. [33]

2 Samuel 4:11

So I must kill you and remove you from this land. Why? Because you evil men killed a good man sleeping on his own bed, in his own house.”

1 Kings 2:9

Now, don’t leave him unpunished. You are a wise man. You will know what you must do to him. But don’t let him die peacefully of old age.”

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead, so she got up and killed all the king’s family.

2 Kings 11:16

So the soldiers grabbed Athaliah. They killed her as soon as she went through the horse’s entrance to the palace.

2 Kings 11:20

All the people were happy. The city was peaceful. And Queen Athaliah was killed with a sword near the king’s house.

2 Chronicles 33:24

Amon’s servants made plans against him. They killed Amon in his own house.

Psalm 51:4

I did the things you say are wrong.\par God, you are the One I sinned against.\par I confess these things so people will know\par I am wrong, and you are right.\par Your decisions are fair.\par

Exodus 20:13

“You must not murder anyone.

Proverbs 28:17

If a person is guilty of killing another person, then that person will never have peace. Don’t support that person.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill,\par and a time to heal.\par There is a time to destroy,\par and a time to build.\par

Leviticus 17:4

That person must bring that animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [305] He must give {a part of} that animal as a gift to the Lord. That person has spilled blood (killed), so he must take his gift to the Lord’s Holy Tent. [306] If he does not take {part of the animal as a gift to the Lord}, then that person must be separated from his people!

Leviticus 24:17

“And if one person kills another person, he must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“If a person uses an iron weapon [385] to kill someone, then that person must die.

Numbers 35:25

If the community decides to protect the killer from the dead man’s family, then the community must take him back to his city of safety. And the killer must stay there until the official high priest [389] dies.

Numbers 35:33

“Don’t let your land be ruined with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, then the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

Matthew 26:52

Jesus said to the man, “Put your sword back in its place. People that use swords will be killed with swords.

Romans 13:4

A ruler is God’s servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. The ruler has the power to punish, and he will use that power. He is God’s servant to punish people that do wrong.

1 Corinthians 11:7

But a man should not cover his head. Why? Because he is made like God and is God’s glory. But woman is man’s glory.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But a man might hate another person. That man might hide, waiting to kill the person he hates. He might kill that person and run away into one of those cities of safety.

Deuteronomy 5:17

“You must not murder anyone.

James 3:9

We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father (God), but then we curse (say bad things to) people. And God made those people like himself.

Revelation 13:10

If any person is to be a prisoner,\par then that person will be a prisoner.\par If any person kills with a sword,\par then that person will be killed\par with a sword.\par

Judges 9:56

In that way, God punished Abimelech for all the bad things he did. Abimelech sinned against his own father by killing his 70 brothers.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said to Agag, “Your sword took babies from their mothers. So now, your mother will have no children.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.