Topic
Bloody
15 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Exodus 4:24ISBE
¶ And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
- Exodus 4:25ISBE
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
- Exodus 4:26ISBE
So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
- 2 Samuel 16:7ISBE
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- 2 Samuel 16:8ISBE
The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
- 2 Samuel 21:1ISBE
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
- Psalms 5:6ISBE
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Psalms 26:9ISBE
Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
- Psalms 59:2ISBE
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
- Psalms 139:19ISBE
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- Ezekiel 7:23ISBE
¶ Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
- Ezekiel 22:2ISBE
Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
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- Ezekiel 24:6 ISBE
- Nahum 3:1 ISBE
- Nahum 3:19 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
blud'-i (dam = "blood" of man or an animal; and where the King James translators have rendered with the adjective "bloody," the Hebrew employs the noun in the construct case, "of blood"): "A bridegroom of blood" (Ex 4:25,26, the King James Version bloody husband). Zipporah, not being an Israelite, probably objected to the circumcision of infants, if not to the rite altogether; apprehending, however, that her husband's life was imperiled possibly through some grievous sickness (Ex 4:24) because of their disobedience in this particular, she performed the ceremony herself upon her son, saying, "A bridegroom of blood art thou to me."
In the Revised Version (British and American) the expression (the King James Version "bloody") is variously rendered, "man of blood" (2Sa 16:7,8); "men of blood" (Ps 26:9); "bloodthirsty" (Ps 5:6; 59:2; 139:19). In 2Sa 21:1, "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house," might be rendered "Upon Saul and his house rests bloodshed."
Ezekiel calls Jerusalem "the bloody city" (Eze 22:2; 24:6; compare Eze 7:23), referring to those unjustly put to death by the wicked rulers of Jerusalem. Nineveh also is called "the bloody city" (Na 3:1). The capital here virtually stands for the kingdom, and history bears witness to the enormous cruelties perpetrated by the Assyrian rulers. It is siege on siege, pools of blood everywhere, the flaying of men alive, "great baskets stuffed with the salted heads of their foes." For two hundred years it is th e story of brute force and ruthless cruelty. "The prey departeth not." And now every cruelty which they have visited upon others is to be turned upon themselves (Na 3:19).
M. O. Evans
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.