King James Version
Proverbs 28:17 in the King James Version says “A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”
Proverbs 28:17 · KJV
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to the blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“of any person”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“shall flee”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“let no man stay”
H8551to sustain; by implication, to obtain, keep fast; figuratively, to help, follow close
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