Genesis 9:5

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;

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  • Exod 21:28-29 : 28 `And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox `is' acquitted; 29 and if the ox is `one' accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.
  • Gen 4:9-9 : 9 And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where `is' Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?' 10 And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
  • Exod 21:12 : 12 `He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 `Thou dost not murder.
  • Lev 19:16 : 16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.
  • Num 35:31-33 : 31 `And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death; 32 and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 `And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
  • Deut 21:1-9 : 1 `When one is found slain on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it -- fallen in a field -- it is not known who hath smitten him, 2 then have thine elders and thy judges gone out and measured unto the cities which `are' round about the slain one, 3 and it hath been, the city which `is' near unto the slain one, even the elders of that city have taken a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, which hath not drawn in the yoke, 4 and the elders of that city have brought down the heifer unto a hard valley, which is not tilled nor sown, and have beheaded there the heifer in the valley. 5 `And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke -- 6 and all the elders of that city, who are near unto the slain one, do wash their hands over the heifer which is beheaded in the valley, 7 and they have answered and said, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen -- 8 receive atonement for Thy people Israel, whom Thou hast ransomed, O Jehovah, and suffer not innocent blood in the midst of Thy people Israel; and the blood hath been pardoned to them, 9 and thou dost put away the innocent blood out of thy midst, for thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:
  • Acts 17:26 : 26 He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings --

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 9:6-7
    2 verses
    85%

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

    7And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'

  • Gen 9:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given.

    3Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole;

    4only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat.

  • Gen 4:8-11
    4 verses
    74%

    8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

    9And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where `is' Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'

    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

    11and now, cursed `art' thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

  • Lev 24:21
    74%

    21`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth `the life of' man is put to death;

  • Lev 24:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

    18`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

  • Gen 4:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'

    15And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

  • Lev 17:10-14
    5 verses
    72%

    10`And any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who eateth any blood, I have even set My face against the person who is eating the blood, and have cut him off from the midst of his people;

    11for the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar, to make atonement for your souls; for it `is' the blood which maketh atonement for the soul.

    12`Therefore I have said to the sons of Israel, No person among you doth eat blood, and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst doth not eat blood;

    13and any man of the sons of Israel, or of the sojourners, who is sojourning in your midst, who hunteth venison, beast or fowl, which is eaten -- hath even poured out its blood, and hath covered it with dust;

    14for `it is' the life of all flesh, its blood is for its life; and I say to the sons of Israel, Blood of any flesh ye do not eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood; any one eating it is cut off.

  • Ezek 35:6
    72%

    6Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Surely for blood I do appoint thee, And blood doth pursue thee, If blood thou hast not hated, Blood also doth pursue thee.

  • Ezek 33:8
    70%

    8In My saying to the wicked, O wicked one -- thou dost surely die, And thou hast not spoken to warn the wicked from his way, He -- the wicked -- in his iniquity doth die, And his blood from thy hand I require.

  • Ezek 3:18
    70%

    18In My saying to the wicked: Thou dost surely die; and thou hast not warned him, nor hast spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he doth live; he -- the wicked -- in his iniquity dieth, and his blood from thy hand I require.

  • Deut 12:23
    70%

    23`Only, be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood `is' the life, and thou dost not eat the life with the flesh;

  • Num 35:19
    69%

    19`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    69%

    11Also -- when wicked men have slain the righteous man in his own house, on his bed; and now, do not I require his blood of your hand, and have taken you away from the earth?'

  • Josh 2:19
    69%

    19and it hath been, any one who goeth out from the doors of thy house without, his blood `is' on his head, and we are innocent; and any one who is with thee in the house, his blood `is' on our head, if a hand is on him;

  • Deut 19:21
    69%

    21and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Num 35:21
    69%

    21or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

  • Gen 9:10
    68%

    10and with every living creature which `is' with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth.

  • Ezek 3:20
    68%

    20`And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

  • Gen 1:30
    68%

    30and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which `is' breath of life, every green herb `is' for food:' and it is so.

  • Lev 7:26-27
    2 verses
    68%

    26`And any blood ye do not eat in all your dwellings, of fowl, or of beast;

    27any person who eateth any blood, even that person hath been cut off from his people.'

  • Ezek 32:6
    68%

    6And watered the land with thy flowing, From thy blood -- unto the mountains, And streams are filled from thee.

  • Deut 19:10
    68%

    10and innocent blood is not shed in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance, and there hath been upon thee blood.

  • Deut 13:9
    68%

    9`But thou dost surely kill him; thy hand is on him, in the first place, to put him to death, and the hand of all the people last;

  • Deut 19:12
    67%

    12then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

  • Hab 2:17
    67%

    17For violence `to' Lebanon doth cover thee, And spoil of beasts doth affright them, Because of man's blood, and of violence `to' the land, `To' the city, and `to' all dwelling in it.

  • Ezek 33:6
    67%

    6And the watchman, when he seeth the sword coming in, And he hath not blown with a trumpet, And the people hath not been warned, And come in doth a sword, And taketh away of them -- a soul, He in his iniquity is taken away, And his blood from the hand of the watchman I require.

  • Exod 21:12
    67%

    12`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

  • Luke 11:51
    67%

    51from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

  • Num 35:33
    67%

    33`And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;

  • Gen 42:22
    67%

    22And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'