Genesis 9:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
5 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.
6 Whoever sheds the blood of a human,
by a human shall that person’s blood be shed;
for in his own image
God made humankind.
7 And you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and multiply in it.’
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Genesis 9:5-7
New King James Version
5 Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; (A)from the hand of every beast I will require it, and (B)from the hand of man. From the hand of every (C)man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever (D)sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed;
(E)For in the image of God
He made man.
7 And as for you, (F)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”
Genesis 9:5-7
English Standard Version
5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (A)from every beast I will require it and (B)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (C)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(D)for God made man in his own image.
7 And you,[a] be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it.”
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- Genesis 9:7 In Hebrew you is plural
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