Exodus 21:25

Complete Jewish Bible

burn for burn, wound for wound and bruise for bruise.

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English
Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

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 people are fighting with each other and happen to hurt a pregnant woman so badly that her unborn child dies, then, even if no other harm follows, he must be fined. He must pay the amount set by the woman's husband and confirmed by judges. ²³ But if any harm follows, then you are to give life for life, ²⁴ eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, ²⁵ burn for burn, wound for wound and bruise for bruise. ²⁶ "If a person hits his male or female slave's eye and destroys it, he must let him go free in compensation for his eye. ²⁷ If he knocks out his male or female slave's tooth, he must let him go free in compensation for his tooth. ²⁸ "If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox is to be stoned and its flesh not eaten, but the owner of the ox will have no further liability. ²⁹ However, if the ox was in the habit of goring in the past, and the owner was warned but did not confine it, so that it ended up killing a man or a woman; then the ox is to be stoned, and its owner too is to be put to death. ³⁰ However, a ransom may be imposed on him; and the death penalty will be commuted if he pays the amount imposed. ³¹ If the ox gores a son or daughter, the same rule applies.

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Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
Moreover, quarreling arose between Avram's and Lot's herdsmen. The Kena‘ani and the P'rizi were then living in the land.

Genesis 21:15
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the child under a bush,

Genesis 21:17
God heard the boy's voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What's wrong with you, Hagar? Don't be afraid, because God has heard the voice of the boy in his present situation.

Genesis 21:22
(vi) At that time Avimelekh and Pikhol the commander of his army spoke to Avraham. They said, "God is with you in everything you do.

Genesis 29:8
They answered, "We can't, not until all the flocks have been gathered together, and they roll the stone away from the opening of the well. That's when we water the sheep."

Judges 1:15
She said to him: "Give me a blessing: since you gave me land in the Negev, also give me sources of water." So Kalev gave her the Upper Springs and the Lower Springs.

Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke makes more impression on a person of understanding than a hundred blows on a fool.

Proverbs 25:9
Discuss your dispute with your neighbor, but don't reveal another person's secrets.

Proverbs 27:5
Better open rebuke than hidden love.

Matthew 18:15
"Moreover, if your brother commits a sin against you, go and show him his fault — but privately, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.

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.