Genesis 9:5

“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Genesis 9:5

And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Genesis chapter 9

"Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from {every} man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.
- Basic English Bible

And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
- Darby Bible

For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.
- Douay Rheims Bible

And surely your blood of your lives will I require: at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
- Webster's Bible

I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.
- World English Bible

`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
- Youngs Literal Bible

And surely your 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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

David Leavines's comment on 2013-01-30 13:33:56:

I Believe that God, when talking about the hands of the beast and the hand of the man He's talking about the seed of beast of the serpent, like Cain was and the generation that followed him. Those that God called into the ark with Noah; two of the unclean the male and his female, and seven of the beast that were called clean the male and female of the seed of Cain.

riley's comment on 2011-11-26 17:16:47:

I will avenge the blood of the murdered upon the murderer. When God requires the life of a man at the hand of him that took it away unjustly, he cannot render that, and therefore must render his own in lieu of it, which is the only way left of making restitution.



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