Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Genesis 9:6 - English Standard Version 2016 “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Common English Bible 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 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 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God. |
Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”
This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.
How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”
Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”
Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family.
So they laid hands on her; and she went through the horses’ entrance to the king’s house, and there she was put to death.
So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king’s house.
And his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his house.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off from among his people.
“But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.
And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.
You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.
For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.
“But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities,
With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God.
If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.