Parallel Verses
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,
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,
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,
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, --
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
32 "If the ox gores a male or female servant, the owner is to give 30 shekels of silver to the servant's master, and the ox is to be stoned. 33 If a man opens a pit or digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.
Cross References
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.
Psalm 119:85
The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me disobeying your instruction.
Proverbs 28:10
Whoever misleads the upright along an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may suffer a snake bite.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses because you have brought a raiding party against them suddenly. For they have dug a pit to capture me and have set traps for my feet.