Proverbs 28:17

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

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WEBBE

A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him.

BSB

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

KJV

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

ASV

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

BBE

One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 17

The murderer shall be haunted with terrors. None shall desire to save him from deserved punishment, nor pity him.

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