Genesis 9:5
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
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.
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
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 gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Read in contextExodus 21:12
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Read in contextGenesis 4:9–10
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Read in contextPsalms 9:12
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Read in contextNumbers 35:31–33
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Read in contextMatthew 23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 21:1–9
If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
Read in contextExodus 20:13
Thou shalt not kill.
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