Genesis 9:5
King James Version
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.
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Genesis 9:5
New International Version
5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(A) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(B) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(C)
Genesis 37:20
King James Version
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
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Genesis 37:20
New International Version
20 “Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns(A) and say that a ferocious animal(B) devoured him.(C) Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”(D)
Genesis 37:26
King James Version
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
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Genesis 37:26
New International Version
26 Judah(A) said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?(B)
Exodus 21:12
King James Version
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
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Exodus 21:12
New International Version
Personal Injuries
12 “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.(A)
Numbers 35:33
King James Version
33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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Numbers 35:33
New International Version
33 “‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land,(A) and atonement cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Deuteronomy 21:7
King James Version
7 And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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Deuteronomy 21:7
New International Version
7 and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done.
Deuteronomy 21:9
King James Version
9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 21:9
New International Version
9 and you will have purged(A) from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Samuel 4:11
King James Version
11 How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
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2 Samuel 4:11
New International Version
11 How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood(A) from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
Job 16:18
King James Version
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
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Job 16:18
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Job 24:2
King James Version
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
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Job 24:2
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Job 31:38
King James Version
38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
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Job 31:38
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Psalm 9:12
King James Version
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
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Psalm 9:12
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Psalm 106:38
King James Version
38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.
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Psalm 106:38
New International Version
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(A) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
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