Parallel Verses

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 American Standard Bible

“If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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,

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, --

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And if a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

a pit
בּור 
Bowr 
בּור 
Bowr 
Usage: 69
Usage: 69

or if a man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

כּרה 
Karah 
Usage: 16

and not cover
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

it, and an ox
שׁור 
Showr 
ox, bullock, cow, bull, wall
Usage: 78

or an ass
חמר חמור 
Chamowr 
ass
Usage: 96

References

Context Readings

Laws About Personal Injury

32 If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned. 33 "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, 34 the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.



Cross References

Psalm 9:15

The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.

Psalm 119:85

The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.

Proverbs 28:10

The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

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