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Genesis 9:5

NETBible	For your lifeblood¹ I will surely exact punishment,² from³ every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person⁴ I will exact punishment for the life of the individual⁵ since the man was his relative.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Gen 9:5	And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 9:5	"Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 9:5	And murder is forbidden. Animals that kill people must die, and any person who murders must be killed.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 9:5	"But your own lifeblood I will avenge; I will avenge it against both animals and other humans.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 9:5	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 9:5	For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 9:5	"Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning ; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
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KJV	And surely <0389> your blood <01818> of your lives <05315> will I require <01875> (8799)_; at the hand <03027> of every beast <02416> will I require it <01875> (8799)_, and at the hand <03027> of man <0120>_; at the hand <03027> of every man's <0376> brother <0251> will I require <01875> (8799) the life <05315> of man <0120>_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 9:5	"Surely <0389> I will require <01875> your lifeblood <01818> <5315>; from every <03605> beast <02421> I will require <01875> it. And from every man <0120> , from every <0376> man's <0376> brother <0251> I will require <01875> the life <05315> of man <0120> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ gar <1063> PRT to <3588> T-NSN umeteron <5212> A-NSN aima <129> N-NSN twn <3588> T-GPF qucwn <5590> N-GPF umwn <4771> P-GP ekzhthsw <1567> V-AAS-1S ek <1537> PREP ceirov <5495> N-GSF pantwn <3956> A-GPN twn <3588> T-GPN yhriwn <2342> N-GPN ekzhthsw <1567> V-AAS-1S auto <846> D-ASN kai <2532> CONJ ek <1537> PREP ceirov <5495> N-GSF anyrwpou <444> N-GSM adelfou <80> N-GSM ekzhthsw <1567> V-AAS-1S thn <3588> T-ASF quchn <5590> N-ASF tou <3588> T-GSM anyrwpou <444> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	For your lifeblood <05315> <01818> I will surely <0389> exact <01875> punishment <03027> , from every <03605> living creature <02416> I will exact <01875> punishment <03027> . From each person <0120> I will exact <01875> punishment <03027> for the life <05315> of the individual <0120> since the man <0376> was his relative <0251> .
HEBREW	Mdah <0120> spn <05315> ta <0853> srda <01875> wyxa <0251> sya <0376> dym <03027> Mdah <0120> dymw <03027> wnsrda <01875> hyx <02416> lk <03605> dym <03027> srda <01875> Mkytspnl <05315> Mkmd <01818> ta <0853> Kaw (9:5) <0389>

NETBible

For your lifeblood¹ I will surely exact punishment,² from³ every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person⁴ I will exact punishment for the life of the individual⁵ since the man was his relative.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Again the text uses apposition to clarify what kind of blood is being discussed: “your blood, [that is] for your life.” See C. L. Dewar, “The Biblical Use of the Term ‘Blood,’” JTS 4 (1953): 204-8.

²tn The word “punishment” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification. The verb דָּרָשׁ (darash) means “to require, to seek, to ask for, to exact.” Here it means that God will exact punishment for the taking of a life. See R. Mawdsley, “Capital Punishment in Gen. 9:6,” CentBib 18 (1975): 20-25.

³tn Heb “from the hand of,” which means “out of the hand of” or “out of the power of” and is nearly identical in sense to the preposition מִן (min) alone.

⁴tn Heb “and from the hand of the man.” The article has a generic function, indicating the class, i.e., humankind.

⁵tn Heb “of the man.”

⁶tn Heb “from the hand of a man, his brother.” The point is that God will require the blood of someone who kills, since the person killed is a relative (“brother”) of the killer. The language reflects Noah’s situation (after the flood everyone would be part of Noah’s extended family), but also supports the concept of the brotherhood of humankind. According to the Genesis account the entire human race descended from Noah.