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Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Genesis 9:6 · Berean Standard Bible
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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 man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
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 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
4 But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
7 But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
8 Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,
9 “Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,
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