Exodus 21:24
New International Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New Living Translation
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

English Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Berean Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

King James Bible
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New King James Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New American Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

NASB 1995
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

NASB 1977
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Legacy Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Amplified Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Christian Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

American Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
An eye in exchange for an eye, a tooth in exchange for a tooth, a hand in exchange of a hand, a foot in exchange for a foot.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Contemporary English Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

English Revised Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,

Good News Translation
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

International Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

JPS Tanakh 1917
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Literal Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Majority Standard Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New American Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

NET Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New Revised Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

New Heart English Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Webster's Bible Translation
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

World English Bible
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Young's Literal Translation
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Personal Injury Laws
23But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.…

Cross References
Matthew 5:38
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.'

Exodus 21:25
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 24:20
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Deuteronomy 19:21
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.


Treasury of Scripture

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Exodus 21:26,27
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…

Leviticus 24:19,20
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; …

Deuteronomy 19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Exodus 21
1. Laws for men servants
5. For the servant whose ear is bored
7. For women servants
12. For manslaughter
16. For kidnappers
17. For cursers of parents
18. For smiters
22. For a hurt by chance
28. For an ox that gores
33. For him who is an occasion of harm
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
eye
עַ֚יִן (‘a·yin)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

for
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

eye,
עַ֔יִן (‘a·yin)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

tooth
שֵׁ֖ן (šên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

for
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

tooth,
שֵׁ֑ן (šên)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

hand
יָ֚ד (yāḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

for
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

hand,
יָ֔ד (yāḏ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

foot
רֶ֖גֶל (re·ḡel)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

for
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

foot,
רָֽגֶל׃ (rā·ḡel)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda


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