When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Proverbs 28:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a man willfully sheds the blood of a person [and keeps the guilt of murder upon his conscience], he is fleeing to the pit (the grave) and hastening to his own destruction; let no man stop him! American Standard Version (1901) A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him. Common English Bible If someone feels guilty about murder, don’t hold them back from fleeing to the pit. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who slanders the blood of a life, even if he flees to the pit, no one will tolerate him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him. |
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
But Ab´salom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hillside behind him.
And ten young men that bare Jo´ab's armor compassed about and smote Ab´salom, and slew him.
And it was told king Solomon that Jo´ab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benai´ah the son of Jehoi´ada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
And of Jez´ebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jez´ebel by the wall of Jezreel.
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
But Ish´ma-el the son of Nethani´ah escaped from Jo´hanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities;