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Exodus 21 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | These are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. | “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. | “These are the laws you are to set before them: | |
| 2 | If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve thee: in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. | When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. | “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. | |
| 3 | With what raiment he came in, with the like let him go out: if having a wife, his wife also shall go out with him. | If he comes in single, he shall go out single; if he comes in married, then his wife shall go out with him. | If he comes alone, he is to go free alone; but if he has a wife when he comes, she is to go with him. | |
| 4 | But if his master gave him a wife, and she hath borne sons and daughters: the woman and her children shall be her master's: but he himself shall go out with his raiment. | If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out alone. | If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. | |
| 5 | And if the servant shall say: I love my master and my wife and children, I will not go out free: | But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ | “But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do not want to go free,’ | |
| 6 | His master shall bring him to the gods, and he shall be set to the door and the posts, and he shall bore his ear through with an awl: and he shall be his servant for ever. | then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall be his slave forever. | then his master must take him before the judges. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life. | |
| 7 | If any man sell his daughter to be a servant, she shall not go out as bondwomen are wont to go out. | “When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do. | “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. | |
| 8 | If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her. | If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has broken faith with her. | If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself, he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. | |
| 9 | But if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. | If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. | If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. | |
| 10 | And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity. | If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marital rights. | If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. | |
| 11 | If he do not these three things, she shall go out free without money. | And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money. | If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money. | |
| 12 | He that striketh a man with a will to kill him, shall be put to death. | “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. | “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death. | |
| 13 | But he that did not lie in wait for him, but God delivered him into his hands: I will appoint thee a place to which he must flee. | But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. | However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate. | |
| 14 | If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar, that he may die. | But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die. | But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death. | |
| 15 | He that striketh his father or mother, shall be put to death. | “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death. | “Anyone who attacks their father or mother is to be put to death. | |
| 16 | He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death. | “Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death. | “Anyone who kidnaps someone is to be put to death, whether the victim has been sold or is still in the kidnapper’s possession. | |
| 17 | He that curseth his father, or mother, shall die the death. | “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death. | “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. | |
| 18 | If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: | “When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed, | “If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed, | |
| 19 | If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians. | then if the man rises again and walks outdoors with his staff, he who struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed. | the one who struck the blow will not be held liable if the other can get up and walk around outside with a staff; however, the guilty party must pay the injured person for any loss of time and see that the victim is completely healed. | |
| 20 | He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime. | “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. | “Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, | |
| 21 | But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money. | But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money. | but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property. | |
| 22 | If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award. | “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine. | “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows. | |
| 23 | But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life. | But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life, | But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, | |
| 24 | Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, | eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, | eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, | |
| 25 | Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. | burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. | burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. | |
| 26 | If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out. | “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye. | “An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. | |
| 27 | Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free. | If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free because of his tooth. | And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth. | |
| 28 | If an ox gore a man or a woman, and they die, he shall be stoned: and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall be quit. | “When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the ox shall not be liable. | “If a bull gores a man or woman to death, the bull is to be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the bull will not be held responsible. | |
| 29 | But if the ox was wont to push with his horn yesterday and the day before, and they warned his master, and he did not shut him up, and he shall kill a man or a woman: then the ox shall be stoned, an his owner also shall be put to death. | But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. | If, however, the bull has had the habit of goring and the owner has been warned but has not kept it penned up and it kills a man or woman, the bull is to be stoned and its owner also is to be put to death. | |
| 30 | And if they set a price upon him, he shall give for his life whatsoever is laid upon him. | If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him. | However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded. | |
| 31 | If he have gored a son, or a daughter, he shall fall under the like sentence. | If it gores a man’s son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. | This law also applies if the bull gores a son or daughter. | |
| 32 | If he assault a bondman or a bond woman, he shall give thirty sicles of silver to their master, and the ox shall be stoned. | If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. | If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death. | |
| 33 | If a man open a pit, and dig one, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall into it, | “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, | “If anyone uncovers a pit or digs one and fails to cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, | |
| 34 | The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own. | the owner of the pit shall make restoration. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his. | the one who opened the pit must pay the owner for the loss and take the dead animal in exchange. | |
| 35 | If one man's ox gore another man's ox, and he die: they shall sell the live ox, and shall divide the price, and the carcass of that which died they shall part between them: | “When one man’s ox butts another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and share its price, and the dead beast also they shall share. | “If anyone’s bull injures someone else’s bull and it dies, the two parties are to sell the live one and divide both the money and the dead animal equally. | |
| 36 | But if he knew that his ox was wont to push yesterday and the day before, and his master did not keep him in: he shall pay ox for ox, and shall take the whole carcass. | Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his. | However, if it was known that the bull had the habit of goring, yet the owner did not keep it penned up, the owner must pay, animal for animal, and take the dead animal in exchange. | |
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