Leviticus 24:18

Easy-to-Read Version

Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give another animal to take its place.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

King James Version
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

Lexham English Bible
And he who kills a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life.

New Century Version
Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place.

New English Translation
One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

Amplified Bible
'The one who kills an animal shall replace it, animal for animal.

New American Standard Bible
'But the one who takes the life of an animal shall make restitution, life for life.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the one who strikes down the life of an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.

Contemporary English Version
but the killing of an animal that belongs to someone else requires only that the animal be replaced.

Complete Jewish Bible
Anyone who strikes an animal and kills it is to make restitution, life for life.

Darby Translation
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

English Standard Version
Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.

George Lamsa Translation
And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

Good News Translation
and any who kill an animal belonging to someone else must replace it. The principle is a life for a life.

Christian Standard Bible®
Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life.

Literal Translation
And he who smites an animal to death shall make it good, soul for soul.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but he that slayeth a beest, shall paye for it. Soule for soule.

American Standard Version
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

Bible in Basic English
And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he that kylleth a beast, let hym make hym good, beast for beast.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.

King James Version (1611)
And he that killeth a beast, shall make it good; beast for beast.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.

English Revised Version
and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life.

Berean Standard Bible
Whoever kills an animal must make restitution-life for life.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he that smytith a beeste, yelde oon in his stide, that is, lijf for lijf.

Young's Literal Translation
`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

Update Bible Version
And he that smites a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

World English Bible
He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

New King James Version
Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.

New Living Translation
"Anyone who kills another person's animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.

New Life Bible
The one who takes the life of an animal will pay for it, a life for a life.

New Revised Standard
Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he that by smiting taketh away the life of a beast, shall make it good, - life for life.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that killeth a beast, shall make it good that is to say, shall give beast for beast.

Revised Standard Version
He who kills a beast shall make it good, life for life.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ There was a son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian father. He was walking among the Israelites, and he started fighting in camp. ¹¹ The Israelite woman's son began cursing, using the Lord's name in a bad way, so the people brought him to Moses. (The name of the man's mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, from the tribe of Dan.) ¹² The people held him as a prisoner and waited for the Lord 's command to be made clear to them. ¹³ Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴ "Bring the man who cursed to a place outside the camp. Then bring together everyone who heard him curse. They will put their hands on his head. And then all the people must throw stones at him and kill him. ¹⁵ You must tell the Israelites: Anyone who curses their God must be punished. ¹⁶ Anyone who speaks against the name of the Lord must be put to death. All the people must stone him. Any foreigner or anyone born in Israel who uses the Lord's name in a bad way must be put to death. ¹⁷ "And whoever kills another person must be put to death. ¹⁸ Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give another animal to take its place. ¹⁹ "And whoever causes an injury to their neighbor must be given the same kind of injury:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that killeth: Leviticus 24:21, Exodus 21:34-36

beast for beast: Heb. life for life

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:14 - make it good

Cross-References

Genesis 24:8
If the girl refuses to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not take my son back to that place."

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand under his master's leg and made the promise.

Genesis 24:14
I will say to one of them, ‘Please put your jar down so that I can drink.' Let her answer show whether she is the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give water to your camels,' I will know that she is the right one. It will be proof that you have shown kindness to my master."

Proverbs 31:26
She speaks with wisdom and teaches others to be loving and kind.

1 Peter 3:8
So all of you should live together in peace. Try to understand each other. Love each other like brothers and sisters. Be kind and humble.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good,.... Pay for it, give the value of it, or another as good as that instead of it, as follows:

beast for beast; or "soul for soul"; life for life, that is, a living one for that the life of which is taken away, and one every way as good as that.