Exodus 21:25

Bible in Basic English

Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

King James Version
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Lexham English Bible
burn in place of burn, wound in place of wound, bruise in place of bruise.

New Century Version
burn for burn, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

New English Translation
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Amplified Bible
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

New American Standard Bible
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.

Legacy Standard Bible
burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.

Contemporary English Version
burn for burn, cut for cut, and bruise for bruise.

Complete Jewish Bible
burn for burn, wound for wound and bruise for bruise.

Darby Translation
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Easy-to-Read Version
a burn for a burn, a bruise for a bruise, a cut for a cut.

English Standard Version
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

George Lamsa Translation
Burning for burning, wound for wound, slap for slap.

Good News Translation
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Christian Standard Bible®
burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.

Literal Translation
branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
burnynge for burnynge, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

American Standard Version
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

King James Version (1611)
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

English Revised Version
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Berean Standard Bible
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
brennyng for brennyng, wounde `with schedyng of blood for wounde `with schedyng of blood, `a wan wounde for a wan wounde.

Young's Literal Translation
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Update Bible Version
burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Webster's Bible Translation
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

World English Bible
burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

New King James Version
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

New Living Translation
a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise.

New Life Bible
burn for burn, cut for cut, sore for sore.

New Revised Standard
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
brand for brand, wound for wound, - stripe for stripe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Revised Standard Version
burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

Contextual Overview

²² If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges. ²³ But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life, ²⁴ Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow. ²⁶ If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye. ²⁷ Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth. ²⁸ If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible. ²⁹ But if the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and the owner has had word of it and has not kept it under control, so that it has been the cause of the death of a man or woman, not only is the ox to be stoned, but its owner is to be put to death. ³⁰ If a price is put on his life, let him make payment of whatever price is fixed. ³¹ If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.

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Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

Genesis 21:15
And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.

Genesis 21:17
And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

Genesis 21:22
Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.

Genesis 29:8
And they said, We are not able to do so till all the flocks have come together and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the water-hole; then we will get water for the sheep.

Judges 1:15
And she said to him, Give me a blessing; because you have put me in a dry south-land, now give me springs of water. So Caleb gave her the higher spring and the lower spring.

Proverbs 17:10
A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

Proverbs 25:9
Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

Proverbs 27:5
Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Matthew 18:15
And if your brother does wrong to you, go, make clear to him his error between you and him in private: if he gives ear to you, you have got your brother back again.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. This is to be understood of burning a man's flesh with fire; of wounds made by any means, so that the blood is let out; and of blows, and the prints and marks of them; of stripes and weals where the blood is settled, and the part is turned black and blue: the Targum of Jonathan is, the price of the pain of burning for burning, c. and indeed, in everyone of these cases, the law could not be well literally executed for it would be very difficult to burn and wound and mangle a man exactly as he had done another: and as Favorinus h objects against the law of the twelve tables of the Romans concerning retaliation, how can a man make a wound in another exactly as long, and as broad, and as deep as that he has given? nor would he suffer a larger to be made, as it was not just it should; and to which may be added, that all constitutions are not alike, and burning and wounding and striping, especially in some parts, might prove mortal, and the person might die thereby; to them the law of retaliation would not be observed, the punishment would be exceeded; and it is much more agreeable to justice and equity that it should be lessened rather than increased; and it may be observed, the law of the twelve tables with the Romans, concerning maiming of members, only took place when the parties could not come to an agreement; and with respect to the Jewish law, Josephus i himself says, that the man that has his eye put out may receive money for it, if he is willing, which the law allows of.

h A. Gell. Noct. Attic. l. 20. c. 1. i Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 4. c. 33, 35.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,” is elsewhere repeated in substance, compare the marginal references. and Genesis 9:6. It has its root in a simple conception of justice, and is found in the laws of many ancient nations. It serves in this place as a maxim for the magistrate in awarding the amount of compensation to be paid for the infliction of personal injury. The sum was to be as nearly as possible the worth in money of the power lost by the injured person. Our Lord quotes Exodus 21:24 as representing the form of the law, in order to illustrate the distinction between the letter and the spirit Matthew 5:38. The tendency of the teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees was to confound the obligations of the conscience with the external requirements of the law. The law, in its place, was still to be “holy and just and good,” Romans 7:12, but its direct purpose was to protect the community, not to guide the heart of the believer, who was not to exact eye for eye, tooth for tooth, but to love his enemies, and to forgive all injuries.