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A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; No one will support him.
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The High Cost of Murder
All commentators agree this verse addresses willful murder, not accidental manslaughter. They see the murderer's fate as a direct fulfillment of God's law in Genesis 9:6, which demands a life for a life. The proverb underscores the supreme gravity of taking a human life and the certainty of deserved punishment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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, i…
19th Century
Anglican
A man that does violence to the blood of any person.— Rather, that is burdened with his blood, has willfully murdered any…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A man that does violence to the blood of [any] person That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent …
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The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.
