23 But if there is harm,[a] then you shall pay (A)life for life, 24 (B)eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:23 Or so that her children come out and it is clear who was to blame, he shall be fined as the woman's husband shall impose on him, and he alone shall pay. 23If it is unclear who was to blame…

23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,(A) 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth,(B) hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Read full chapter

21 (A)Your eye shall not pity. (B)It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Read full chapter

21 Show no pity:(A) life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(B)

Read full chapter

Retaliation

38 (A)“You have heard that it was said, (B)‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

Read full chapter

Eye for Eye

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a](A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21

(A)For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and (B)with the measure you use it will be measured to you.

Read full chapter

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(A)

Read full chapter