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Proverbs 28:17

17  If one is burdened with fthe blood of another,

he will be a fugitive until death;3

let no one help him.

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Proverbs 28:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder

will seek refuge in the grave;

let no one hold them back.

Proverbs 28:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person

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

Proverbs 28:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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

Don’t protect him!

Proverbs 28:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit;

Let no one help him.

Proverbs 28:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Don’t help those who are guilty of murder;

let them run until they die.

Proverbs 28:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 A man that is laden with the blood of any person

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

Proverbs 28:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 A man laden with the blood of any person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.

Proverbs 28:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 A person burdened with the guilt of murder 

will be a fugitive down to his grave. 

No one will help him. 

Proverbs 28:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 A man burdened by bloodguilt

will be a fugitive until death.

Let no one help him.

Proverbs 28:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 If someone is burdened with the blood of another,

let that killer be a fugitive until death;

let no one offer assistance.

Proverbs 28:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 A person who is burdened with the blood of another,

until death he will flee;

do not take hold of him.

Proverbs 28:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 A man who is troubled because he is guilty of murder

will be on the run until the day he dies.

No one should give him any help.

Proverbs 28:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood

Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.


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