Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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. 27 And if he knocks out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 21:20
And if a man strikes his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Nehemiah 5:5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Job 31:13-15
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Psalm 9:12
When he avenges blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.
Psalm 10:14
You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 10:18
To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Ephesians 6:9
And, you masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Colossians 4:1
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.