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2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”

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ASV

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

KJV

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

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21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַ֞ף'afindeed?H637 →
כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588 →
אֲנָשִׁ֣ים'a.na.ShimmenH582 →
רְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImwickedH7563 →
הָרְג֧וּha.re.Guthey have killedH2026 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אִישׁ־'ish-a manH376 →
צַדִּ֛יקtza.DikrighteousH6662 →
בְּבֵית֖וֹbe.vei.Toin own house hisH1004 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
מִשְׁכָּב֑וֹmish.ka.Voown bed hisH4904 →
וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
הֲל֨וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אֲבַקֵּ֤שׁ'a.va.Keshwill I requireH1245 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
דָּמוֹ֙da.Moblood hisH1818 →
מִיֶּדְכֶ֔םmi.yed.Khemfrom hand yourH3027 →
וּבִעַרְתִּ֥יu.vi.'ar.Tiand I will removeH1197 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.Ezekiel 33:6But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?Genesis 9:5–6And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:Numbers 35:31–34You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.Genesis 20:4Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!Genesis 7:23And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.Genesis 4:11Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Jeremiah 10:11Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.Psalms 109:15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.Exodus 9:15For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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