Parallel Verses
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,
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,
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,
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;
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
17 And he who curses his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18 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, 19 if he rises again, and walks abroad upon his staff, then he who smote him shall be acquitted. Only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20
And if a man smites his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Exodus 2:13
And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together. And he said to him who did the wrong, Why do thou smite thy neighbor?
Exodus 21:22
And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow, he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Numbers 35:16-24
But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death.
Deuteronomy 25:11
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the privates,
2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.