the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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Proverbs 28:17
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A murderer's tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don't protect him!
[A] man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Don't help those who are guilty of murder; let them run until they die.
The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
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.
If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.
A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live.
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
Let a man weighed down with anyone's blood flee to a pit; give him no support.
A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.
A murderer will never have peace. Don't support such a person.
A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him.
A man that doth violence to the blood of any person, shall flie to the pit, let no man stay him.
A man who is loaded down with the guilt of human blood will run in fear until death. Let no one help him.
If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.
A man that doeth violence against the blood of a person, shall flee vnto the graue, and they shall not stay him.
A man who is engaged in shedding of blood shall flee even to the jailer, and no one shall help him.
Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.
A man oppressed with a person's blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.
A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.
If a man is burdened with the blood of another, let him be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym.
As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.
Someone burdened by bloodguiltwill be a fugitive until death.Let no one help him.
A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; No one will support him.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
A person who is burdened with the blood of another, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.
Any man oppressed with the blood of a soul shall flee to the pit; let them not uphold him.
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
He that by violece sheddeth eny mans bloude, shal be a rennagate vnto his graue, and no man shal be able to sucor him.
A murderer haunted by guilt is doomed—there's no helping him.
A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him!
A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; Let no one help him.
A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.
A man oppressed with the bloodguilt of lifeWill flee until death; let no one uphold him.
Contextual Overview
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
Isaac called Jacob, blessed him, and commanded him, "You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, will be God's house. Of all that you will give me I will surely give the tenth to you."
Moreover he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces, and were very afraid.
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons were gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at the feet of Jesus; and they were 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.
