Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And if a man smites the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
New American Standard Bible
“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
King James Version
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Holman Bible
“When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.
International Standard Version
"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.
American Standard Version
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Amplified
“If a man hits the eye of his male servant or female servant and it is destroyed, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the eye.
Bible in Basic English
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
Darby Translation
And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.
Julia Smith Translation
And if a man strike the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid, and he destroyed it; he shall send him forth free for the sake of his eye.
King James 2000
And if a man strikes the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and destroys it, he shall release him as free in place of his eye.
Modern King James verseion
And if a man strike the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, so that it perishes, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.
NET Bible
"If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
New Heart English Bible
"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye;
Webster
And if a man shall smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
World English Bible
"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Youngs Literal Translation
'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;
Themes
Assault and battery » Laws concerning
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
Servant » Bond » Laws of moses concerning
Servants » Slaves or bond » Maimed or injured by masters, to have their freedom
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smites the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he knocks out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Phrases
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.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Nehemiah 5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our sons as their sons. And, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]. Neither is it in our
Job 31:13-15
If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,
Psalm 9:12
For he who makes inquiry for blood remembers them. He does not forget the cry of the poor.
Psalm 10:14
Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 10:18
to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may no more be appalling.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Ephesians 6:9
And ye masters, do the same things to them, easing up the threats, knowing also that the master of you yourselves is in the heavens, and there is no partiality from him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.