Genesis 9:5
“And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.”
KJV
Read in Genesis 9Meaning
God declares that human lifeblood matters and that an accounting will be required for its wrongful taking.
Read carefully
The verse establishes divine accountability for bloodshed; it should not be used to encourage private vengeance or unauthorized violence.
Reflection
Human death is not treated as morally neutral in the renewed world; bloodshed remains answerable before God.