Exodus 21 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And these 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 shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve: and in the seventh he shall go forth free gratuitously.	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	If he shall come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he possessed a wife, and his wife shall go forth 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	If his lord shall give to hint a wife, and she brought to him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be to her lord, and he shall go forth by himself.	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 saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth 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	And his lord brought him near to God, and he brought him near to the door, or to the door-post, and his lord pierced his ear with an awl; and he served him forever.	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	And if a man shall sell his daughter for a maid, she shall not go forth as the servants went forth.	“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 evil in the eyes of her lord, he did not betroth her and he ransomed her: to a strange people he shall not have power to sell her, in his acting deceitfully by 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	And if to a son he shall betroth her, according to the judgment of daughters he shall do to her.	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	If he shall take to him another, her food and her covering and her cohabitation he shall not take away.	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	And if he shall not do these three to her, she shall go forth gratuitously without silver.	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 striking a man and he died, dying, he shall die.	“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	And when he hunted not after, and God let fall into his hand, and I set to thee a place where he shall flee there.	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	And if a man shall act proudly against his friend to kill him with craftiness, from mine altar shalt thou take him to 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	And he striking his father and his mother, dying be shall die.	“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	And he stealing a man, and selling him, and being found in his hand, dying, he shall die.	“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	And he making light of his father and his mother, dying, he shall die.	“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	And if men shall contend, and a man struck his friend with a stone or with the fist, and he shall not die, and he fell upon the 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 shall rise and go forth without upon his support, and he smiting being innocent, only he shall give his resting, and healing, he shall be healed.	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	And if a man shall strike his servant or his maid with a rod, and he died under his hand, avenging, he shall be avenged.	“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 a day or two days he shall stand, he shall not be avenged, for he is his silver.	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	And if men shall quarrel and strike a woman pregnant, and her child shall go forth, and there shall not be harm, punishing, he shall be punished, as the husband of the woman shall put upon him; and he giving in justice.	“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	And if there shall be harm, and he gave soul for soul,	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	And if a man strike the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid, and he destroyed it; he shall send him forth free for the sake of his eye.	“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	And if the tooth of his servant or the tooth of his maid he shall cast out, he shall send him forth free for his tooth.	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	And if an ox shall push (with the horns) a man or a woman, and he died; stoning, the ox shall be stoned, and he shall not eat his flesh; and the lord of the ox being innocent.	“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	And if this ox pushed (with the horns) from yesterday the third day, and being testified to its lord, and he will not watch him and he killed the man or the woman; the ox shall be stoned, and also his lord 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	If an expiation shall be put upon him, the price of redemption of his soul according to all which shall be put 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 shall push (with his horns) a son, or shall push a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.	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 the ox shall push a servant, or a maid, he shall give thirty shekels of silver to his lord, 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	And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and shall not cover it, and an ox fall there, or an ass:	“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 lord of the pit shall recompense; he shall turn back silver to his lord and the dead shall be to him.	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	And if a man's ox shall strike the ox of his friend and he died, and they shall sell the living ox and divide the silver, and also the dead ox they shall divide.	“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	Or if this ox was known to push from yesterday, the third day, and his lord guarded him not; recompensing, he shall recompense, ox for ox, and the dead shall be to him.	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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