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Proverbs 28:17

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17Someone burdened by bloodguiltC

will be a fugitive until death.ad

Let no one help him.ae

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Footnotes

  1. C the blood of a person

Cross references

  1. adGn 4:14; 9:6; Ex 21:14
  2. aeNm 35:31

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If one is burdened with the blood of another,

he will be a fugitive until death;

let no one help him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder

will seek refuge in the grave;

let no one hold them back.

NLTNew Living Translation

A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.

Don’t protect him!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A person who is burdened with the blood of another,

until death he will flee;

do not take hold of him.

KJV 1900King James Version

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person

Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.