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Genesis 9:4-6
New King James Version
Genesis 9:4-6
New King James Version
4 (A)But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (B)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (C)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (D)man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever (E)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(F)For in the image of God
He made man.
Genesis 9:4-6
King James Version
Genesis 9:4-6
King James Version
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 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.
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Genesis 9:4-6
New International Version
Genesis 9:4-6
New International Version
4 “But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.(A) 5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(B) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(C) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(D)
Genesis 9:4-6
English Standard Version
Genesis 9:4-6
English Standard Version
4 But you shall not eat flesh with its (A)life, that is, its blood. 5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (B)from every beast I will require it and (C)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (D)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(E)for God made man in his own image.
Genesis 9:4-6
New American Standard Bible
Genesis 9:4-6
New American Standard Bible
4 But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, (A)its blood. 5 I certainly will require [a](B)your lifeblood; [b](C)from every animal I will require it. And [c]from every person, [d]from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.
6 (D)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (E)in the image of God
He made mankind.
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
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