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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.
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