Genesis Chapter 9 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 9:6

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

Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
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DARBY Genesis 9:6

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

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

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

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

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Whoso sheddeth. Literally, he shedding, i.e. willfully and unwarrantably; and not simply accidentally, for which kind of manslaughter the law afterwards provided (vide Numbers 35:11); or judicially, for that is commanded by the present statute. Man's blood. Literally, blood of the man, human blood. By man. Not openly and directly by God, but by man himself, acting of course as God's instrument and agent - an instruction which involved the setting up of the magisterial office, by whom the sword might be borne ("Hic igitur fens est, ex quo manat totum jus civile etjus gentium." - Luther. Cf. Numbers 35:29-31; Romans 13:4), and equally laid a basis for the law of the goel subsequently established in Israel (Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 20:3). The Chaldee paraphrases, "with witnesses by sentence of the judges." The LXX. substitutes for "by man" ἀντὶ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ ( an interpretation followed by Professor Lewis, who quotes Jona ben Gannach in its support, Shall. Not merely a permission legalizing, but an imperative command enjoining, capital punishment, the reason for which follows. For in the image of God made he man. To apply this to the magistracy (Bush, Murphy, Keil), who are sometimes in Scripture styled Elohim (Psalm 82:6), and the ministers of God (Romans 13:4), and who may be said to have been made in the Divine image in the sense of being endowed with the capacity of ruling and judging, seems forced and unnatural; the clause obviously assigns the original dignity of man (cf. Genesis 1:28) as the reason why the murderer cannot be suffered to escape (Calvin, Poole, Alford, 'Speaker's Commentary,' Candlish, Lange)

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) By man . . . --This penalty of life for life is not to be left to natural law, but man himself, in such a manner and under such safeguards as the civil law in each country shall order, is to execute the Divine command. And thus protected from violence, both of man and beast, and with all such terrible crimes for bidden as had polluted Adam's beginning, Noah in peace and security is to commence afresh man's great work upon earth.