Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
New American Standard Bible
“If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but
King James Version
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Holman Bible
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,
International Standard Version
"If people quarrel and one strikes the other with a rock or his fist, and he does not die but ends up in bed,
A Conservative Version
And if men contend, and one smites the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed,
American Standard Version
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
Amplified
“If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
Darby Translation
And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed,
Julia Smith Translation
And if men shall contend, and a man struck his friend with a stone or with the fist, and he shall not die, and he fell upon the bed:
King James 2000
And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he dies not, but keeps his bed:
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And if men quarrel and a man strikes his neighbor with a stone or with a fist and he does not die, but {he is confined to bed},
Modern King James verseion
And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If men strive together and one smite another with a stone or with his fist, so that he die not, but lieth in bed:
NET Bible
"If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
New Heart English Bible
"If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
The Emphasized Bible
And when men strive together, and one shall smite the other, with a stone or with his fist, - and he die not, but shall fall to his bed; -
Webster
And if men contend together, and one shall smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keep his bed:
World English Bible
"If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;
Interlinear
Nakah
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death. 18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed; 19 If he is able to get up again and go about with a stick, the other will be let off; only he will have to give him payment for the loss of his time, and see that he is cared for till he is well.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
Exodus 2:13
And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?
Exodus 21:22
If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.
Numbers 35:16-24
But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
Deuteronomy 25:11
If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts;
2 Samuel 14:6
And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.