Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, --
New American Standard Bible
“If a man opens a pit, or
King James Version
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Holman Bible
“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
International Standard Version
If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it,
A Conservative Version
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in it,
American Standard Version
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
Amplified
“If a man leaves a pit open, or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Bible in Basic English
If a man makes a hole in the earth without covering it up, and an ox or an ass dropping into it comes to its death;
Darby Translation
And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
Julia Smith Translation
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and shall not cover it, and an ox fall there, or an ass:
King James 2000
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it;
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and he does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Modern King James verseion
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls in it,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"If a man open a well or dig a pit and cover it not, but that an ox or an ass fall therein,
NET Bible
"If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
New Heart English Bible
"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
The Emphasized Bible
And when a man openeth a pit, or when a man diggeth a pit, and doth not cover it, - and there falleth thereinto an ox or an ass,
Webster
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass shall fall into it;
World English Bible
"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
Themes
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Interlinear
Pathach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
32 'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned. 33 And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, -- 34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
Cross References
Psalm 9:15
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Psalm 119:85
The proud have digged for me pits, That are not according to Thy law.
Proverbs 28:10
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah 18:22
A cry is heard from their houses, For Thou bringest against them suddenly a troop, For they dug a pit to capture me, And snares they have hidden for my feet.