Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.

New American Standard Bible

Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death.

King James Version

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

International Standard Version

Whoever beats an animal to death is to replace it, but whoever beats a human being to death is to be put to death.

A Conservative Version

And he who kills a beast shall make it good. And he who kills a man shall be put to death.

American Standard Version

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

Amplified

The one who kills an animal shall replace it; but he who kills a human being [unlawfully] shall be put to death.

Bible in Basic English

He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

Darby Translation

He that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good; and he that smiteth a man mortally shall be put to death.

Julia Smith Translation

And be smiting cattle shall recompense it; and he smiting man, shall die.

King James 2000

And he that kills an animal, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And a killer of a domestic animal must repay [for] it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death.

Modern King James verseion

And he who kills an animal shall restore it. And he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So now he that killeth a beast shall pay for it: but he that killeth a man, shall die for it.

NET Bible

One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

New Heart English Bible

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

The Emphasized Bible

And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good,-and he that killeth a human being, shall be put to death.

Webster

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

World English Bible

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he that killeth
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

a beast
בּהמה 
B@hemah 
Usage: 190

it and he that killeth
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

a man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

References

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

An Example Of Just And Fair Punishment

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him. 21 Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death. 22 You are to have the same law for the foreign resident and the native, because I am Yahweh your God.”



Cross References

Leviticus 24:17-18

“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.

Exodus 21:33

“When a man uncovers a pit or digs a pit, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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