Genesis 9:5
3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
4 But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- KJV
- And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
- WEB
- I will surely require accounting for your life’s blood. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
- ASV
- And surely your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require; At the hand of every beast will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man`s brother, will I require the life of man.
- DARBY
- And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
- BLB
- And surely your⁺ blood for your⁺ lives I will require; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of the man; from the hand of each man’s brother I will require [for] the life of the man.
- ÅB
- Men for deres eget blod vil jeg kreve hevn; av hvert dyr vil jeg kreve hevn for det, og av mennesket, av enhvers bror, vil jeg kreve hevn for menneskets liv.
- OTB
- Og for deres livsblod vil jeg visselig kreve regnskap; fra hvert dyr vil jeg kreve det. Og fra hvert menneske vil jeg kreve regnskap for et annet menneskes liv.
- B1930
- Men for eders eget blod vil jeg kreve hevn; av hvert dyr vil jeg kreve hevn for det, og av mennesket, av enhvers bror, vil jeg kreve hevn for menneskets liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 21:28–29
If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
Read in contextExodus 21:12
Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
Read in contextGenesis 4:9–10
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Read in contextPsalms 9:12
For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
Read in contextNumbers 35:31–33
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
Read in contextMatthew 23:35
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:1–9
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
Read in contextExodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
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