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Proverbs 28:17

NETBible	The one who is tormented¹ by the murder² of another will flee to the pit;³ let no one support him.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A man tormented by the guilt of murder will be a fugitive till death; let no-one support him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A murderer haunted by guilt is doomed--there's no helping him.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 28:17	One who has been the cause of a man’s death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 28:17	If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; Let no one help him.
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KJV	A man <0120> that doeth violence <06231> (8803) to the blood <01818> of [any] person <05315> shall flee <05127> (8799) to the pit <0953>_; let no man stay <08551> (8799) him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 28:17	A man <0120> who is laden <06231> with the guilt of human <05315> blood <01818> Will be a fugitive <05127> until <05704> death <0953> ; let no <0408> one support <08551> him.
LXXM	(35:17) andra <435> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM en <1722> PREP aitia <156> N-DSF fonou <5408> N-GSM o <3588> T-NSM egguwmenov {V-PMPNS} fugav <5437> N-APF estai <1510> V-FMI-3S kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV en <1722> PREP asfaleia <803> N-DSF (35:17a) paideue <3811> V-PAD-2S uion <5207> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ agaphsei <25> V-FAI-3S se <4771> P-AS kai <2532> CONJ dwsei <1325> V-FAI-3S kosmon <2889> N-ASM th <3588> T-DSF sh <4674> A-DSF quch <5590> N-DSF ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV upakoushv <5219> V-AAS-2S eynei <1484> N-DSN paranomw {A-DSN}
NET [draft] ITL	The one <0120> who is tormented <06231> by the murder <05315> <01818> of another will flee <05127> to the pit <0953> ; let no <0408> one support <08551> him.
HEBREW	wb <0> wkmty <08551> la <0408> owny <05127> rwb <0953> de <05704> spn <05315> Mdb <01818> qse <06231> Mda (28:17) <0120>

NETBible

The one who is tormented¹ by the murder² of another will flee to the pit;³ let no one support him.

NET Notes

¹tn The form is the Qal passive participle. The verb means “to oppress; to wrong; to extort”; here the idea of being “oppressed” would refer to the burden of a guilty conscience (hence “tormented”; cf. NAB, NRSV “burdened”). Some commentators have wanted to emend the text to read “suspected,” or “charged with,” or “given to,” etc., but if the motive is religious and not legal, then “oppressed” or “tormented” is preferred.

²sn The text has “the blood of a life”; blood will be the metonymy of effect for the murder, the shedding of blood.

³tn The verse is cryptic; it simply says that he will “flee to the pit.” Some have taken the “pit” to refer to the place of detention for prisoners, but why would he flee to that place? It seems rather to refer to death. This could mean that (1) since there is no place for him to go outside of the grave, he should flee to the pit (cf. TEV, NLT), or (2) he will be a fugitive until he goes to the grave (cf. NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, CEV). Neither one of these options is easily derived from the text. The verse seems to be saying that the one who is guilty of murder will flee, and no one should assist him. The meaning of “the pit” is unresolved.