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Genesis 9:5

5You can be sure that I will hold someone accountable if you are murdered. I will even hold animals accountable if they kill you. I will also hold anyone accountable who murders another person.

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Genesis 9:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

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.

Genesis 9:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

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.

Genesis 9:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Genesis 9:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“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.

Genesis 9:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

Genesis 9:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

I will demand blood for life. I will demand the life of any animal that kills a person, and I will demand the life of anyone who takes another person’s life.

Genesis 9:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

Genesis 9:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

In addition, I will demand your blood for your life. I will demand it from any animal or from any person. I will demand the life of any person ⸤who kills⸥ another person. 

Genesis 9:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I will require the life of every animal and every man for your life and your blood. I will require the life of each man’s brother for a man’s life.

Genesis 9:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.

Genesis 9:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

Genesis 9:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Surely I will require your lifeblood; from 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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