Genesis 9:6
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
Young's Literal Translation
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
7And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.'
Cross References
Genesis 1:27And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them.
Genesis 5:1This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God's preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him;
Exodus 21:12'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;
Leviticus 17:4and unto the opening of the tent of meeting hath not brought it in to bring near an offering to Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood is reckoned to that man — blood he hath shed — and that man hath been cut off from the midst of his people;
Numbers 35:16'And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he [is] a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.
Numbers 35:33'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;
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 →