Genesis 9:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made 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.

Genesis 9:6 Cross References

Genesis 4:14

“See, You have driven me from the face of the ground today, and I am hidden from Your face. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me kills me.”

Genesis 42:22

And Re’uḇ

Genesis 5:1

This is the book of the genealogy of Aḏ

2 Samuel 4:11

“How much more, when wrong men have slain a righteous man in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

1 Kings 2:9

“And now, do not leave him unpunished, for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him, and shall bring his grey hair down to the grave with blood.”

2 Kings 11:1

And Athalyah was the mother of Aḥ

2 Kings 11:16

So they took hold of her, and she went by way of the horses’ entrance to the sovereign’s house, and was put to death there.

2 Kings 11:20

And all the people of the land rejoiced. And the city had rest, for they had slain Athalyahu with the sword in the sovereign’s house.

2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house.

Psalm 51:4

Against You, You alone, have I sinned, And done evil in Your eyes; That You might be proven right in Your words; Be clear when You judge.

Exodus 20:13

“You do not murder.

Proverbs 28:17

A man oppressed by blood-guilt flees into a pit; Let no one help him.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

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

Leviticus 17:4

and does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting, to bring an offering to יהוה  before the Dwelling Place of יהוה, blood-guilt is reckoned to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people,

Leviticus 24:17

‘And he who smites the life from any man shall certainly be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

‘But if he has smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer shall certainly be put to death.

Numbers 35:25

‘And the congregation shall rescue the one who killed someone from the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall return him to the city of refuge where he had fled, and he shall remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the set-apart oil.

Numbers 35:33

‘And do not profane the land where you are, for blood profanes the land, and the land is not pardoned for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

Matthew 26:52

Then יהושע  said to him, “Return your sword to its place, for all who take the sword shall die by the sword.

Romans 13:4

for it is a servant of Elohim to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. For it is a servant of Elohim, a revenger to execute wrath on him who practises evil.

1 Corinthians 11:7

For a man indeed should not cover his head, since he is the likeness and esteem of Elohim, but woman is the esteem of man.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But when anyone hates his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise against him and smite the life from him so that he dies, then he shall flee to one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 5:17

‘You do not murder.

James 3:9

With it we bless our Elohim and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of Elohim.

Revelation 13:10

He who brings into captivity shall go into captivity, he who kills with the sword has to be killed with the sword. Here is the endurance and the belief of the set-apart ones.

Judges 9:56

Thus did Elohim repay the evil of Aḇ

1 Samuel 15:33

And Shemu’ĕ