Exodus 21:34 the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

◄ Exodus 21:34 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange.

English Standard Version
the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.

New American Standard Bible
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.

King James Bible
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 Christian Standard 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.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.

Darby Bible 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.

Young's Literal Translation
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

21:22-36 The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

30. If there be laid on him a sum of money, &c.—Blood fines are common among the Arabs as they were once general throughout the East. This is the only case where a money compensation, instead of capital punishment, was expressly allowed in the Mosaic law.