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Exodus 21:25

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assault and Battery;   Retaliation;   The Topic Concordance - Recompense/restitution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Woman;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Punishments;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Justice;   Prison;   Punishment;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Abortion;   Law;   Punishment;   Vengeance;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Punishments;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birth;   Crimes and Punishments;   Ethics;   Exodus, Book of;   Hammurabi;   Teeth;   Vengeance;   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 - Punishment;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Punishments;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Other Laws;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Law in the Old Testament;   Print;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - ḥad Gadya;   Hammurabi;  

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.
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.
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 men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman's husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides. 23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. 26 "If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. 27 If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth. 28 "If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted. 29 But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death. 30 If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him. 31 If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)
Genesis 21:15
When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:17
But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying.
Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 29:8
"We can't," they said, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep."
Judges 1:15
She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person,
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained 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.


 
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