Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Deuteronomy 19:13 - King James 2000 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your eyes shall not pity him, but you shall clear Israel of the guilt of innocent blood, that it may go well with you. American Standard Version (1901) Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Common English Bible Show no mercy to such killers. Remove innocent bloodshed from Israel so that things go well for you. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee. |
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that struck his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my ember which is left, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant upon the earth.
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded prayers for the land.
And the king said unto him, Do as he has said, and strike him down, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
No eye pitied you, to do any of these unto you, to have compassion upon you; but you were cast out in the open field, and you were loathed, in the day that you were born.
And he that kills an animal, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.
Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
You shall not yield unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him:
Then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
And you shall consume all the people whom the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto you.
And when the LORD your God shall deliver them over to you; you shall strike them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: