Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
In Context
7But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it.”
Cross References
Genesis 1:27So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
Leviticus 17:4instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
Numbers 35:16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:33Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:2-8
Blessing of Noah and His Sons. ( b. c. 2348.) 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. 4 But flesh with the life… Read the whole commentary →