Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back. New Living Translation A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him! English Standard Version If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him. Berean Standard Bible A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him. King James Bible A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. New King James Version A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; Let no one help him. New American Standard Bible A person who is burdened with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; no one is to support him! NASB 1995 A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him. NASB 1977 A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him. Legacy Standard Bible A man oppressed with the bloodguilt of life Will flee until death; let no one uphold him. Amplified Bible A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder) Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge. Christian Standard Bible Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him. Holman Christian Standard Bible A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him. American Standard Version A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A son of man that is guilty of the blood of a soul will flee unto the elected ones and they will not help him. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, and give honour to thy soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation. Contemporary English Version Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live. Douay-Rheims Bible A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him. English Revised Version A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him. GOD'S WORD® Translation A person burdened with the guilt of murder will be a fugitive down to his grave. No one will help him. Good News Translation Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him. International Standard Version A guilty man tormented by bloodshed will be a lifelong fugitive; let no one support him. JPS Tanakh 1917 A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall hasten his steps unto the pit; none will support him. Literal Standard Version A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, | Flees to the pit, [and] none takes hold on him [to help]. Majority Standard Bible A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him. New American Bible Though a person burdened with blood guilt is in flight even to the grave, let no one offer support. NET Bible The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him. New Revised Standard Version If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance. New Heart English Bible A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him. Webster's Bible Translation A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. World English Bible A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him. Young's Literal Translation A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Boldness of the Righteous…16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days. 17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him. 18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.… Cross References Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind. Exodus 21:14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death. Proverbs 6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, Jeremiah 41:15 But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites. Treasury of Scripture A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. Numbers 35:14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. Jump to Previous Blood Burdened Cause Death Flee Fleeth Flight Fugitive Guilt Hasten Help Hold Human Life Murder Oppressed Pit Soul Steps Support Tormented Underworld ViolenceJump to Next Blood Burdened Cause Death Flee Fleeth Flight Fugitive Guilt Hasten Help Hold Human Life Murder Oppressed Pit Soul Steps Support Tormented Underworld ViolenceProverbs 28 1. general observations of impiety and integrity(17) A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person.--Rather, that is burdened with his blood, has wilfully murdered any one. Shall flee to the pit.--Fulfilling the curse of Genesis 9:6. Let no man stay him--i.e., attempt to rescue him from the punishment he has deserved. Verse 17. - A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. This should be, a man oppressed (Isaiah 38:14), burdened, with the blood of anyone. The wilful murderer, with his guilt upon his soul, flies in vain from remorse; his crime pursues him even to the grave. For inadvertent manslaughter the cities of refuge offered an asylum, but for deliberate murder there was no safe refuge, either from the stings of conscience or from the avenger of blood, but death. The homicide, like Cain (Genesis 4:14), must be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth. "Pit" (bor), some take to mean any hiding place, "a cave, or well;" but it is very commonly found in the sense of sepulchre (Psalm 28:1; Isaiah 14:19, etc.), and is so explained here by most commentators. Let no man stay him. We had in Proverbs 24:11, etc., an injunction to save human life; but the case was quite different from this of wilful murder. Here it is directed that no one attempt to save him from the punishment which he has incurred, or to comfort him under the remorse which he suffers. Let him be left alone to meet the fate which he has merited. The LXX. gives a different idea to the gnome, "He who becomes bail for a man charged with murder shall be banished and shall not be in safety." They add a verse which we shall meet again, almost in the same words (Proverbs 29:17, 18), "Chasten thy son, and he will love thee, and will give honour to thy soul; he shall not obey a sinful nation."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A manאָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being burdened עָשֻׁ֣ק (‘ā·šuq) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow by bloodguilt בְּדַם־ (bə·ḏam-) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed will be a fugitive יָ֝נ֗וּס (yā·nūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away until עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while death; בּ֥וֹר (bō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well let no one אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not support יִתְמְכוּ־ (yiṯ·mə·ḵū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close him. בֽוֹ׃ (ḇōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Links Proverbs 28:17 NIVProverbs 28:17 NLT Proverbs 28:17 ESV Proverbs 28:17 NASB Proverbs 28:17 KJV Proverbs 28:17 BibleApps.com Proverbs 28:17 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 28:17 Chinese Bible Proverbs 28:17 French Bible Proverbs 28:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 28:17 A man who is tormented by life (Prov. 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