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Genesis 9:5

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5“Surely I will require 1ayour lifeblood; 2bfrom every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit your blood of your lives
  2. 2Lit from the hand of

Cross references

  1. aEx 20:13; 21:12
  2. bEx 21:28, 29

In other versions

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.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood; I will require it from any animal and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.

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.

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.

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.