Genesis 9:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ 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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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Genesis 9:6 Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that whosoever findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.

2 Kings 11:1

Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

2 Kings 11:16

So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.

2 Kings 11:20

So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house.

2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

Psalm 51:4

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight: That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Exodus 20:13

Thou shalt do no murder.

Proverbs 28:17

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

Leviticus 17:4

and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation 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:

Leviticus 24:17

And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death;

Numbers 35:16

But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer: the manslayer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:25

and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:33

So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land: and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Matthew 26:52

Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Romans 13:4

for he is a 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 a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed ought not to have his head veiled, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

Deuteronomy 19:11

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities:

Deuteronomy 5:17

Thou shalt do no murder.

James 3:9

Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the likeness of God:

Revelation 13:10

If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Judges 9:56

Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:

1 Samuel 15:33

And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.