6"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.


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 everything.

4 "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it.

5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.

6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.

7 As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it."

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him:

Genesis 9:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:6Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.