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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
שפך דם האדם באדם דמו ישפך כי בצלם אלהים עשה את האדם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
SHpk dm hAdm bAdm dmv ySHpk ky bTSlm Alhym `SHh At hAdm

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
quicumque effuderit humanum sanguinem fundetur sanguis illius ad imaginem quippe Dei factus est homo

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
New King James Version   
“Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.
21st Century King James Version   
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.
Darby Bible Translation   
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
God's Word   
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, because in the image of God, God made humans.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image.
International Standard Version   
"Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his own blood is to be shed; because God made human beings in his own image.
NET Bible   
"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."
New American Standard Bible   
"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
New International Version   
"Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.
New Living Translation   
If anyone takes a human life, that person's life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Whoever sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
The World English Bible   
Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
EasyEnglish Bible   
God made people so that they were like himself. So if anyone kills a human, another human must kill him.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
New Life Version   
Whoever takes the life of a man will have his life taken. For God made man to be like Him.
The Voice Bible   
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, that person’s blood will be shed in return by another for God made humanity in His own image.
Living Bible   
And murder is forbidden. Man-killing animals must die, and any man who murders shall be killed; for to kill a man is to kill one made like God.
New Catholic Bible   
“Whoever spills human blood, that person’s blood will be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Whoever sheds man’s blood in man, his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God is man made.
Christian Standard Bible   
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man.
New Century Version   
“Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being, because God made humans in his own image.
The Message   
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans let his blood be shed, Because God made humans in his image reflecting God’s very nature. You’re here to bear fruit, reproduce, lavish life on the Earth, live bountifully!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for God made man in his own image.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
Good News Translation®   
Human beings were made like God, so whoever murders one of them will be killed by someone else.
Wycliffe Bible   
Whoever sheddeth out man’s blood, his blood shall be shed; for man is made to the image of God (for man is made in the image of God).
Contemporary English Version   
I created humans to be like me, and I will punish any animal or person that takes a human life. If an animal kills someone, that animal must die. And if a person takes the life of another, that person must be put to death.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed, for in his own image God made humans.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Whoever sheds human blood, by a human his blood will be shed; for in the divine image God made human beings.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully], By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed, For in the image of God He made man.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Anyone who sheds the blood of a human being, by a human being shall that one’s blood be shed; For in the image of God have human beings been made.
New American Standard Bible   
Whoever sheds human blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made mankind.
The Expanded Bible   
“Whoever ·kills [L sheds the blood of] a human being will ·be killed [L have his blood shed] by a human being, because God made humans in ·his own image [L the image of God; 1:26–27].
Tree of Life Version   
The one who sheds human blood, by a human will his blood be shed, for in God’s image He made humanity.
Revised Standard Version   
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
New International Reader's Version   
“Anyone who murders a human being will be killed by a human being. That is because I have made human beings so that they are like me.
BRG Bible   
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Whoever sheds human blood, by a human being will his own blood be shed; for God made human beings in his image.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Shofech dahm (one who sheddeth man’s blood), by man shall his dahm be shed; for in the tzelem Elohim made He man.
Names of God Bible   
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, because in his image, Elohim made humans.
Modern English Version   
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in His own image.
Easy-to-Read Version   
“God made humans to be like himself. So whoever kills a person must be killed by another person.
International Children’s Bible   
“Whoever kills a human being will be killed by a human being. This is because God made humans in his own image.
Lexham English Bible   
“As for the one shedding the blood of humankind, by humankind his blood shall be shed, for God made humankind in his own image.
New International Version - UK   
‘Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.