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New Living Translation

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don't protect him!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Homicide;   Thompson Chain Reference - Murder;   The Topic Concordance - Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Poor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Small and Large Letters;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
A man oppressed with the bloodguilt of lifeWill flee until death; let no one uphold him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym.
Darby Translation
A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.
New King James Version
A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; Let no one help him.
Literal Translation
Any man oppressed with the blood of a soul shall flee to the pit; let them not uphold him.
Easy-to-Read Version
A murderer will never have peace. Don't support such a person.
World English Bible
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; No one will support him.
King James Version (1611)
A man that doth violence to the blood of any person, shall flie to the pit, let no man stay him.
King James Version
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He that by violece sheddeth eny mans bloude, shal be a rennagate vnto his graue, and no man shal be able to sucor him.
THE MESSAGE
A murderer haunted by guilt is doomed—there's no helping him.
Amplified Bible
A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder) Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.
American Standard Version
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
Bible in Basic English
One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
Update Bible Version
[A] man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Webster's Bible Translation
A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
New English Translation
The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
Contemporary English Version
Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live.
Complete Jewish Bible
Let a man weighed down with anyone's blood flee to a pit; give him no support.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.
George Lamsa Translation
A man who is engaged in shedding of blood shall flee even to the jailer, and no one shall help him.
Hebrew Names Version
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; No one will support him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.
New Life Bible
A man who is loaded down with the guilt of human blood will run in fear until death. Let no one help him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.
English Revised Version
A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
Berean Standard Bible
A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
New Revised Standard
If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A man oppressed with a person's blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
Lexham English Bible
A person who is burdened with the blood of another, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.
English Standard Version
If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
New American Standard Bible
A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him!
New Century Version
Don't help those who are guilty of murder; let them run until they die.
Good News Translation
Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.
Christian Standard Bible®
A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.
Revised Standard Version
If a man is burdened with the blood of another, let him be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
Young's Literal Translation
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

Contextual Overview

17 A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don't protect him!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 9:6, Exodus 21:14, Numbers 35:14-34, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:23, 2 Kings 9:26, 2 Chronicles 24:21-25, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5, Acts 28:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:21 - we saw Genesis 44:16 - God hath Numbers 35:20 - if he thrust Deuteronomy 19:11 - But if any Deuteronomy 21:1 - General 2 Samuel 3:30 - slew Abner 2 Samuel 13:34 - Absalom fled 1 Kings 2:6 - let 1 Kings 2:31 - that thou 2 Kings 15:13 - a full month 2 Chronicles 18:34 - he died Psalms 140:10 - into deep Proverbs 1:18 - General Jeremiah 41:15 - escaped Ezekiel 28:8 - shall bring Habakkuk 2:17 - because Matthew 2:16 - and slew 1 Timothy 1:9 - manslayers

Cross-References

Genesis 28:1
So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, "You must not marry any of these Canaanite women.
Genesis 28:13
At the top of the stairway stood the Lord , and he said, "I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham, and the God of your father, Isaac. The ground you are lying on belongs to you. I am giving it to you and your descendants.
Genesis 28:22
And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me."
Exodus 3:6
I am the God of your father—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." When Moses heard this, he covered his face because he was afraid to look at God.
Judges 13:22
and he said to his wife, "We will certainly die, for we have seen God!"
2 Chronicles 5:14
The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut. It is evil to make mindless offerings to God.
Matthew 17:6
The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground.
Luke 2:9
Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord's glory surrounded them. They were terrified,
Luke 8:35
People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He was sitting at Jesus' feet, fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in Genesis 9:6. Or, "that is pressed because of the blood of any person" q; pressed in his own mind; filled with horror, and tortured in his conscience, for the innocent blood he has shed: the letter "daleth" in the word "Adam" is lesser than usual; and Vitringa, on Isaiah 34:6; observes, that it signifies a man red with blood, oppressed in his conscience, and depressed by God, which this minute letter is a symbol of; and thinks it applicable to Edom or Rome: or it signifies one pressed, pursued, and dose followed by the avenger of blood;

shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him; support or help him. When such a murderer flees, and is pursued, and unawares falls into a pit, or is like to do so, let no man warn him of it, or help him out of it; or if he flees to a pit to hide himself, let no man hold him or detain him there, or suffer him to continue in such a lurking place, but discover him or pluck him out; or, if he is a fugitive and a vagabond all his days, as Cain, the murderer of his brother, was, till he comes to the pit of the grave, let no man yield him any support or sustenance.

q עשק בדם "pressus propter sanguinem animae", Amama, Cartwright; so R. Joseph Kimchi in D. Kimchii Sepher Shorash rad. עשק.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The case of willful murder, not the lesser crime of manslaughter for which the cities of refuge were appointed. One, with that guilt on his soul, is simply hasting on to his own destruction. Those who see him must simply stand aloof, and let God’s judgments fulfill themselves.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 28:17. That doeth violence to the blood — He who either slays the innocent, or procures his destruction, may flee to hide himself: but let none give him protection. The law demands his life, because he is a murderer; and let none deprive justice of its claim. Murder is the most horrid crime in the sight of God and man; it scarcely ever goes unpunished, and is universally execrated.


 
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