Proverbs 28:17
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28:17The one who is tormented47 by the murder48 of another will flee to the pit;49
let no one support him.
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- 47 The form is the Qal passive participle. The verb means “to oppress; to wrong; to extort”; here the idea of being “oppressed” would refer to the burden of a guilty conscience (hence “tormented”; cf. , “burdened”). Some commentators have wanted to emend the text to read “suspected,” or “charged with,” or “given to,” etc., but if the motive is religious and not legal, then “oppressed” or “tormented” is preferred.
- 48 The text has “the blood of a life”; blood will be the metonymy of effect for the murder, the shedding of blood.
- 49 The verse is cryptic; it simply says that he will “flee to the pit.” Some have taken the “pit” to refer to the place of detention for prisoners, but why would he flee to that place? It seems rather to refer to death. This could mean that (1) since there is no place for him to go outside of the grave, he should flee to the pit (cf. , ), or (2) he will be a fugitive until he goes to the grave (cf. , , , , ). Neither one of these options is easily derived from the text. The verse seems to be saying that the one who is guilty of murder will flee, and no one should assist him. The meaning of “the pit” is unresolved.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
If one is burdened with the blood of another,
he will be a fugitive until death;
let no one help him.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
will seek refuge in the grave;
let no one hold them back.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Someone burdened by bloodguilt
will be a fugitive until death.
Let no one help him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave.
Don’t protect him!
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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.
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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.
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