Devine Scripture

Genesis 9:6

Genesis chapter 9 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5And 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.

v.6This passage

v.7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 22:2

    If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

  • Leviticus 24:17

    And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Numbers 35:33

    So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

  • Revelation 13:10

    If any man is for captivity, into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword, with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

  • 1 Kings 2:5

    Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.

  • Matthew 26:52

    Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.