Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
New American Standard Bible
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall
King James Version
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Holman Bible
the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay money to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.
International Standard Version
the owner of the pit is to make restitution. He is to pay money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.
A Conservative Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner of it, and the dead [beast] shall be his.
American Standard Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast'shall be his.
Amplified
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to the animal’s owner, but the dead [animal] shall be his.
Darby Translation
the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead ox shall be his.
Julia Smith Translation
The lord of the pit shall recompense; he shall turn back silver to his lord and the dead shall be to him.
King James 2000
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Lexham Expanded Bible
the owner of the pit will pay restitution; he will pay silver to its owner, but the dead [animal] will be for him.
Modern King James verseion
the owner of the pit shall make it good and give silver to its owner. And the dead shall be his.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the owner of the pit shall make it good and give money unto their master, and the dead beast shall be his.
NET Bible
the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.
New Heart English Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
The Emphasized Bible
the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to the owner thereof, - and the dead beast, shall be his.
Webster
The owner of the pit shall make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
World English Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
Youngs Literal Translation
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
Themes
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Trespass by
Livestock » Laws concerning livestock
Property » Personal » Laws concerning trespass of, and violence to
Restitution » To be made for injury to life, limb, or property
Interlinear
Ba`al
Shalam
Shuwb
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:34
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
33 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; 34 The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his. 35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.
Cross References
Exodus 21:29-30
But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death.
Exodus 22:6
If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.
Exodus 22:14
If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.