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Exodus 21:34

the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to the animal's owner, but the dead [animal] shall be his.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Bullock;   Damages and Compensation;   Money;   Property;   Restitution;   Trespass;   The Topic Concordance - Livestock;   Recompense/restitution;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Wells and Springs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pit;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Punishments;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Pit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Covenant, Book of the;   Ethics;   Hexateuch;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sabbatical Year;   Sin;   Ten Commandments;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ox, Oxen;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Good;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Accident;   Well;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
King James Version
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Lexham English Bible
the owner of the pit will pay restitution; he will pay silver to its owner, but the dead animal will be for him.
New Century Version
the owner of the pit must pay the owner of the animal for the loss. The dead animal will belong to the one who pays.
New English Translation
the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.
Legacy Standard Bible
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.
Contemporary English Version
You must pay for the dead animal, and it becomes yours.
Complete Jewish Bible
the owner of the cistern must make good the loss by compensating the animal's owner; but the dead animal will be his.
Darby 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
The man who owns the hole must pay for the animal. But after he pays for the animal, he will be allowed to keep the body of that animal.
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.
George Lamsa Translation
The owner of the pit shall pay money to the owner of the animal, and the dead animal shall be his.
Good News Translation
he must pay for the animal. He is to pay the money to the owner and may keep the dead animal.
Christian Standard Bible®
the owner of the pit must give compensation; he must pay to its owner, but the dead animal will become his.
Literal Translation
the owner of the pit shall pay; he shall give silver to its owner, and the dead shall be his.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money, and restore it vnto his master: but the deed carcase shalbe his owne.
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.
Bible in Basic English
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The owner of the pitte shall make it good, & geue money vnto their maister, and the dead beast shall be his.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
King James Version (1611)
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money vnto the owner of them, and the dead beast shalbe his.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.
English Revised Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
Berean Standard Bible
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the lord of the cisterne schal yelde the prijs of the werk beestis; forsothe that that is deed schal 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.
Update Bible Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the owner thereof, and the dead [beast] shall be his.
Webster's Bible Translation
The owner of the pit shall make compensation, [and] give money to the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
World English Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
New King James Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to their owner, but the dead animal shall be his.
New Living Translation
The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.
New Life Bible
the owner of the hole will pay for the loss. He will give money to the animal's owner. And the dead animal will become his.
New Revised Standard
the owner of the pit shall make restitution, giving money to its owner, but keeping the dead animal.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the owner of the pit, shall make it good, silver, shall he pay back to 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.
Revised Standard Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead beast shall be his.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.

Contextual Overview

22"If men fight with each other and injure a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely [and the baby lives], yet there is no further injury, the one who hurt her must be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman's husband, as much as the judges decide. 23"But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life, 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. 26"If a man hits the eye of his male servant or female servant and it is destroyed, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the eye. 27"And if he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or female servant, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the tooth. 28"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be cleared [of responsibility]. 29"But if the ox has tried to gore on a previous occasion, and its owner has been warned, but has not kept it confined and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner shall be put to death as well. 30"If a ransom is demanded of him [in return for his life], then he shall give whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life. 31"If the ox has gored another's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:30, Exodus 22:6, Exodus 22:14

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:5 - shall he make restitution Leviticus 24:18 - that killeth

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negev (the South country), and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived temporarily in Gerar.
1 Chronicles 29:15
"For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope [of remaining].
Psalms 39:12
"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and listen to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am Your temporary guest, A sojourner like all my fathers.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land, as in a strange land, living in tents [as nomads] with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise.
Hebrews 11:13
All these died in faith [guided and sustained by it], without receiving the [tangible fulfillment of God's] promises, only having seen (anticipated) them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The owner of the pit shall make it good,.... Repair the loss of the ox or ass:

and give the money unto the owner of them: the price of them, what they are worth: the Targum of Jonathan is,

"the owner of the pit shall pay the silver, he shall return to its owner the price of the ox or ass:''

and the dead beast shall be his; either the owner of the pit; who pays the full value for the ox or ass killed, which seems but reasonable; or

"the injured person as Jarchi, for he says, they reckon or estimate the carcass, and he takes it for the price;''

that is, for part of the price it is valued at.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The usual mode of protecting a well in the East was probably then, as now, by building round it a low circular wall.


 
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