Proverbs 28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
KJV
Hominem qui calumniatur animæ sanguinem, si usque ad lacum fugerit, nemo sustinet.
Vulgate
ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ φόνου ὁ ἐγγυώμενος φυγὰς ἔσται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ. [1] παίδευε υἱὸν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε, καὶ δώσει κόσμον τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ· οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσῃς ἔθνει παρανόμῳ.
LXX
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
ASV
אָ֭דָם עָשֻׁ֣ק בְּ/דַם נָפֶשׁ עַד בּ֥וֹר יָ֝נ֗וּס אַל יִתְמְכוּ בֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
י
y
noun · 752×
ם
m
verb · 34×
נָ֖סוּ
nsv
verb · 161×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
תוֹמֵ֥ךְ
tvmk
verb · 21×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 2:6 — Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
- 1Kgs 2:31 — And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
- 1Kgs 21:19 — And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the
- 1Kgs 21:23 — And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
- 2Chr 24:21 — And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
- 2Kgs 9:26 — Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of grou
- 2Sam 3:30 — So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
- Deut 21:1 — If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
- Exod 21:14 — But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
- Gen 9:6 — Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Hab 2:17 — For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
- Jer 41:15 — But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
- Matt 2:16 — Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and
- Matt 27:4 — Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
- Num 35:14 — Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
- Prov 1:18 — And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
- Ps 140:10 — Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.