Genesis 9:5-6
New American Standard Bible
5 I certainly will require [a](A)your lifeblood; [b](B)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 (C)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (D)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
Genesis 9:5-6
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)
1 Kings 2:32
New American Standard Bible
32 (A)The Lord will return his blood on his own head, (B)because he [a]struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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- 1 Kings 2:32 Lit attacked
1 Kings 2:32
New International Version
32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.
2 Chronicles 24:22
New American Standard Bible
22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as Zechariah died he said, “May (A)the Lord see and [a]avenge!”
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- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Lit seek; or require
2 Chronicles 24:22
New International Version
22 King Joash did not remember the kindness Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him but killed his son, who said as he lay dying, “May the Lord see this and call you to account.”(A)
Psalm 9:12
New American Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Psalm 9:12 I.e., avenges bloodshed
Psalm 9:12
New International Version
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