Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 9:6 gives Torah's foundational teaching on the sanctity of human life a haunting expansion. Whoso sheddeth the blood of man, the judges, by witnesses, shall condemn him unto death; but he who sheddeth it without witnesses, the Lord of the world will bring punishment on him in the day of the great judgment; because in the image of the Lord He made man.

Listen to the two clauses. If there are witnesses, the human court handles it. Judges, testimony, due process. But what of the killer who slips away? The one who arranged it, bribed the witness, buried the body in a field where no one would look? The Targum raises its eyes. The Lord of the world will bring punishment on him in the day of the great judgmentyoma rabba, the great day of reckoning at the end of history.

Nothing escapes. The heavenly court has a docket the earthly court cannot see. Jewish tradition calls this the day of din, judgment, when every hidden deed is brought to light.

And the reason? Because in the image of the Lord He made man. Every murder, the Targum says, is an attack on the image of God itself. That is why justice cannot simply expire when a human trial fails. The image of God is the plaintiff. The takeaway: no one is ever truly unseen. The universe is watching.