Verse 5

I will require an accounting for your lifeblood. I will demand it from any animal and from every person. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of another person.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For jeg skal innkreve deres blod som gjengjeld for deres liv. Fra hvert dyr og hvert menneske skal jeg innkreve det. Fra hver enkelt bror skal jeg innkreve menneskelivets pris.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og sannelig, deres blod som er deres liv, vil jeg kreve; fra hvert dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra mennesket; fra hver manns bror vil jeg kreve menneskets liv.

• Norsk King James

  Og sannelig, for deres livsblod vil jeg kreve gjengjeld; fra hvert dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra hvert menneske også. Fra hver brors hånd vil jeg kreve det.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Jeg vil kreve blodet deres, ja, deres liv, tilbake. Jeg vil kreve det av alle dyr, og av menneskers hånd, selv av ens egen bror, vil jeg kreve livet til et menneske.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Jeg vil også kreve deres blod for deres egne liv. Jeg vil kreve regnskap for det fra hvert dyr, og fra mennesket, fra hver enkelt av sine brødre, vil jeg kreve livet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og deres blod, som representerer livene deres, vil jeg kreve tilbake; fra alle dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra mennesket; fra hver mann og hans bror vil jeg kreve et menneskes liv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og jeg vil kreve deres livets blod; fra hvert dyr og fra enhver mann, fra hver bror til et menneske, vil jeg kreve liv.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og deres blod, som representerer livene deres, vil jeg kreve tilbake; fra alle dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra mennesket; fra hver mann og hans bror vil jeg kreve et menneskes liv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Og jeg vil kreve deres blod for deres liv, fra hver skapning vil jeg kreve det, og fra mennesket, for menneskets liv, vil jeg kreve det fra hver av hans brødre.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For deres eget blod, for deres sjeler, vil jeg kreve et regnskap; fra alle dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra menneskene. Fra hver manns bror vil jeg kreve menneskets sjel.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og visseligen, jeg vil udkræve eders Livs Blod, af alle Dyrs Vold vil jeg udkræve det; og af Menneskens Haand, af Hvers Haand, endog hans Broders, vil jeg udkræve Menneskens Sjæl.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og sannelig, deres eget blod vil jeg kreve; av hvert dyr vil jeg kreve det, og av mennesket; av hver enkelt vil jeg kreve livet for et annet menneske.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And surely for your blood, the blood of your lives, I will demand an account; at the hand of every beast I will demand it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother I will demand the life of man.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Jeg vil kreve regnskap for deres blod, som er deres liv. Jeg vil kreve det av hvert dyr. Og av menneskets hånd, ja, av hver brors hånd, vil jeg kreve menneskets liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men for deres blod, deres liv, skal jeg kreve gjengjeld; fra hånden til hvert levende vesen vil jeg kreve det, og fra hånden til mennesket, fra enhver brors hånd vil jeg kreve menneskets liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og deres blod, deres livs blod, skal jeg kreve gjengjeld for; fra hvert dyr skal jeg kreve det. Og fra menneskets hånd, og fra hver menneskes bror, skal jeg kreve menneskets liv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Og for deres blod, som er deres liv, vil jeg kreve gjengjeld; fra hvert dyr vil jeg kreve det, og fra hvert menneske vil jeg kreve gjengjeld for sin brors blod.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For verely the bloude of yow wherein youre lyves are wyll I requyre: Eue of the hande of all beastes wyll I requyre it And of the hande of man and of the hand off euery mannes brother wyll I requyre the lyfe of man:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is, wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes: and the soule of ma wyll I requyre of mans hande, yee euery mans soule of anothers hande.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For surely I will require your blood, wherein your liues are: at the hand of euery beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, euen at the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require: at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it, and at the hand of man, at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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 (1833)

  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.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  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.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 21:28-29 : 28 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held liable. 29 But if the ox has a habit of goring, and it has been known to its owner for some time but he has not kept it confined, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.
• Gen 4:9-9 : 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Where is your brother Abel?' He replied, 'I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?' 10 The LORD said, 'What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.'
• Exod 21:12 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.
• Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.
• Lev 19:16 : 16 Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.
• Num 35:31-33 : 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it.
• Deut 21:1-9 : 1 If someone is found dead in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, lying in a field, and it is unknown who struck him, 2 then your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance to the surrounding cities. 3 The elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall take a heifer that has never been worked or yoked, 4 and they are to bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, a valley that has not been plowed or sown. There they are to break the heifer’s neck. 5 The priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to pronounce blessings in His name; and every dispute and every case of assault is to be settled by their decision. 6 All the elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 8 LORD, make atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the guilt of innocent blood against Your people Israel.’ And the bloodshed will be atoned for. 9 So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
• Ps 9:12 : 12 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.
• Matt 23:35 : 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Acts 17:26 : 26 From one man, he made every nation of mankind to live on the entire face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation.