Genesis 9:5–6
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5And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood;A I will require it from any animalf and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.g
6Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans his blood will be shed,h
for God made humans in his image.i
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- A And your blood belonging to your life I will seek
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
for God made man in his own image.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
“Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans shall their blood be shed;
for in the image of God
has God made mankind.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die. If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And your lifeblood I will require; from every animal I will require it. And from the hand of humankind, from the hand of each man to his brother I will require the life of humankind.
“As for the one shedding the blood of humankind,
by humankind his blood shall be shed,
for God made humankind in his own image.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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. 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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