Leviticus 24:18

Good News Translation

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

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give another animal to take its place.

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.

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

¹⁰There was a man whose father was an Egyptian and whose mother was an Israelite named Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri from the tribe of Dan. There in the camp this man quarreled with an Israelite. During the quarrel he cursed the Lord , so they took him to Moses, ¹² put him under guard, and waited for the Lord to tell them what to do with him. ¹³ The Lord said to Moses, ¹⁴ "Take that man out of the camp. Everyone who heard him curse shall put his hands on the man's head to testify that he is guilty, and then the whole community shall stone him to death. ¹⁵ Then tell the people of Israel that anyone who curses God must suffer the consequences ¹⁶ and be put to death. Any Israelite or any foreigner living in Israel who curses the Lord shall be stoned to death by the whole community. ¹⁷ "Any who commit murder shall be put to death, ¹⁸ and any who kill an animal belonging to someone else must replace it. The principle is a life for a life. ¹⁹ "If any of you injure another person, whatever you have done shall be done to you. ²⁰ If you break a bone, one of your bones shall be broken; if you put out an eye, one of your eyes shall be put out; if you knock out a tooth, one of your teeth shall be knocked out. Whatever injury you cause another person shall be done to you in return.

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 young woman is not willing to come with you, you will be free from this promise. But you must not under any circumstances take my son back there."

Genesis 24:9
So the servant put his hand between the thighs of Abraham, his master, and made a vow to do what Abraham had asked.

Genesis 24:14
I will say to one of them, ‘Please, lower your jar and let me have a drink.' If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also bring water for your camels,' may she be the one that you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If this happens, I will know that you have kept your promise to my master."

Proverbs 31:26
She speaks with a gentle wisdom.

1 Peter 3:8
To conclude: you must all have the same attitude and the same feelings; love one another, and be kind and humble with one another.

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.