Proverbs 28:17

In 11 translations

BSB

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.Or will be a fugitive until death

KJV

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

WEB

A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him.

ASV

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

LSV

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, || Flees to the pit, [and] none takes hold on him [to help].

YLT

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

DBY

A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.

DRC

A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.

GNV

A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.

JPS

A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.

LXXE

He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, and give honour to thy soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אָ֭דָם עָשֻׁ֣ק בְּדַם־נָפֶשׁ עַד־בּ֥וֹר יָ֝נ֗וּס אַל־יִתְמְכוּ־בֽוֹ׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.Marks an anomalous form.

LXX-Br

Ἄνδρα τὸν ἐν αἰτίᾳ φόνου ὁ ἐγγυώμενος, φυγὰς ἔσται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀσφαλείᾳ· παίδευε υἱὸν καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε, καὶ δώσει κόσμον τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ, οὐ μὴ ὑπακούσει ἔθνει παρανόμῳ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
• 1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also…
• Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
• Numbers 35:14–34Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge. These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who…
• 1 Kings 21:23And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’
• 2 Kings 9:26‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up…
• Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• 2 Chronicles 24:21–25But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD. Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended…
• Matthew 27:4–5“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.” So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

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