Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 and stripe for stripe. 26 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. 27 Also, if he smite out his servant's or his maid's tooth, he shall let them go out free for the tooth's sake.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 21:20
"If a man smite his servant or his maid with a staff that they die under his hand, it shall be avenged.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.
Nehemiah 5:5
Now are our brethrens' bodies as our own bodies and their children as our children: else should we subdue our sons and daughters into bondage, and some of our daughters are subdued already, and no strength is there in our hands, and other men shall have our lands and vineyards."
Job 31:13-15
Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me?
Psalm 9:12
And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.
Psalm 10:14
Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.
Psalm 10:18
to help the fatherless and the poor unto their right, that the man of the earth be no more exalted against them.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.
Proverbs 22:22-23
See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment;
Ephesians 6:9
And ye masters, do even the same things unto them, putting away threatenings: and remember that even your master also is in heaven, neither is there any respect of person with him.
Colossians 4:1
Ye masters do unto your servants that which is just and equal, seeing ye know that ye have also a master in heaven.