13 For you (A)formed my inward parts;
    you (B)knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
(C)Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.

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  1. Psalm 139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart

13 For You (A)created my innermost parts;
You (B)wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, because [a]I am awesomely and wonderfully made;
(C)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

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  1. Psalm 139:14 Some ancient versions You are fearfully wonderful

13 For you created my inmost being;(A)
    you knit me together(B) in my mother’s womb.(C)
14 I praise you(D) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,(E)
    I know that full well.

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13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
    and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
    Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.

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(A)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
    by man shall his blood be shed,
(B)for God made man in his own image.

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(A)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (B)in the image of God
He made mankind.

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“Whoever sheds human blood,
    by humans shall their blood be shed;(A)
for in the image of God(B)
    has God made mankind.

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If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings[a] in his own image.

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  1. 9:6 Or man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.

11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!

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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)

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11 Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to die;
    save them as they stagger to their death.

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