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Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis 9:6 · American Standard Version
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Genesis 9:6 in other translations
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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In context
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 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.
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
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