Genesis 9:6 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, because in the image of God, God made humans.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

ASV:

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

BBE:

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.

DBY:

Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

ERV:

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

JPS:

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.

WBS:

Whoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

WEB:

Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

YLT:

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

Genesis 9:6 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

Genesis 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Exodus 21:12 "He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 24:17 'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:33 'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it.

Matthew 26:52 Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, {f} by man shall his blood be shed: for in the {g} image of God made he man.
(f) Not only by the magistrate, but often God raises up one murderer to kill another.
(g) Therefore to kill man is to deface God's image, and so injury is not only done to man, but also to God.

WES:

9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood - Whether upon a sudden provocation, or premeditated, (for rash anger is heart - murder as well as malice prepense, Mt 5:21,22), by man shall his blood be shed - That is, by the magistrate, or whoever is appointed to be the avenger of blood. Before the flood, as it should seem by the story of Cain, God took the punishment of murder into his own hands; but now he committed this judgment to men, to masters of families at first, and afterwards to the heads of countries. For in the image of God made he man - Man is a creature dear to his Creator, and therefore ought to be so to us; God put honour upon him, let us not then put contempt upon him. Such remains of God's image are still even upon fallen man, that he who unjustly kills a man, defaceth the image of God, and doth dishonour to him.

MHC:

9:4-7 The main reason of forbidding the eating of blood, doubtless was because the shedding of blood in sacrifices was to keep the worshippers in mind of the great atonement; yet it seems intended also to check cruelty, lest men, being used to shed and feed upon the blood of animals, should grow unfeeling to them, and be less shocked at the idea of shedding human blood. Man must not take away his own life. Our lives are God's, and we must only give them up when he pleases. If we in any way hasten our own death, we are accountable to God for it. When God requires the life of a man from him that took it away unjustly, the murderer cannot render that, and therefore must render his own instead. One time or other, in this world or in the next, God will discover murders, and punish those murders which are beyond man's power to punish. But there are those who are ministers of God to protect the innocent, by being a terror to evil-doers, and they must not bear the sword in vain, Ro 13:4. Wilful murder ought always to be punished with death. To this law there is a reason added. Such remains of God's image are still upon fallen man, that he who unjustly kills a man, defaces the image of God, and does dishonour to him.

CONC:

Blood Image Man's Shed Sheddeth Sheds Takes

Blood Image Life Shed Sheddeth Sheds

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