Exodus 21:23
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Exodus 21:23

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life,

King James Version

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Holman Bible

If there is an injury, then you must give life for life,

International Standard Version

If there is harm, then you are to require life for life,

A Conservative Version

But if any harm follows, then thou shall give life for life,

American Standard Version

But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Amplified

But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life,

Bible in Basic English

But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,

Darby Translation

But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,

Julia Smith Translation

And if there shall be harm, and he gave soul for soul,

King James 2000

And if any mischief follows, then you shall give life for life,

Lexham Expanded Bible

And if there is serious injury, you will give life in place of life,

Modern King James verseion

And if any injury occurs, then you shall give life for life,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"But and if any misfortune follow, then shall he pay life for life;

NET Bible

But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

New Heart English Bible

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

The Emphasized Bible

But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;

Webster

And if any mischief shall follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

World English Bible

But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

Youngs Literal Translation

and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

Themes

Assault and battery » Laws concerning

Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law

Woman » Punishment for injuring, when with child

Topics

Mischief

Equality Of Punishment

Eyes Harmed

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And if any mischief follow
H611
אסון 
'acown 
hief, hief follow
Usage: 5

then thou shalt give
H5414
נתן 
Nathan 
give, put, deliver, made, set, up, lay, grant, suffer, yield, bring, cause, utter, laid, send, recompense, appoint, shew,
Usage: 2011

life
H5315
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
soul, life, person, mind, heart, creature, body, himself, yourselves, dead, will, desire, man, themselves, any, appetite,
Usage: 753

References

Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:23

Verse Info

Context Readings

Laws About Personal Injury

22 “If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide. 23 But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Cross References

Deuteronomy 19:21

Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Leviticus 24:19

If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

Numbers 35:31

Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.

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