Parallel Verses

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.

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.

Holman Bible

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

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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Context Readings

An Example Of Just And Fair Punishment

20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a disfigurement in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21  And he that kills an animal, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death. 22 You shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.



Cross References

Leviticus 24:17-18

And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:33

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it;

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