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New Living Translation

Exodus 21:25

a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a 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.
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.
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 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 "Now suppose two men are fighting, and in the process they accidentally strike a pregnant woman so she gives birth prematurely. If no further injury results, the man who struck the woman must pay the amount of compensation the woman's husband demands and the judges approve. 23 But if there is further injury, the punishment must match the injury: a life for a life, 24 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot, 25 a burn for a burn, a wound for a wound, a bruise for a bruise. 26 "If a man hits his male or female slave in the eye and the eye is blinded, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. 27 And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth. 28 "If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its flesh may not be eaten. In such a case, however, the owner will not be held liable. 29 But suppose the ox had a reputation for goring, and the owner had been informed but failed to keep it under control. If the ox then kills someone, it must be stoned, and the owner must also be put to death. 30 However, the dead person's relatives may accept payment to compensate for the loss of life. The owner of the ox may redeem his life by paying whatever is demanded. 31 "The same regulation applies if the ox gores a boy or a girl.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
Genesis 21:15
When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush.
Genesis 21:17
But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, "Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
Genesis 21:22
About this time, Abimelech came with Phicol, his army commander, to visit Abraham. "God is obviously with you, helping you in everything you do," Abimelech said.
Genesis 29:8
"We can't water the animals until all the flocks have arrived," they replied. "Then the shepherds move the stone from the mouth of the well, and we water all the sheep and goats."
Judges 1:15
She said, "Let me have another gift. You have already given me land in the Negev; now please give me springs of water, too." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
Proverbs 17:10
A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
When arguing with your neighbor, don't betray another person's secret.
Proverbs 27:5
An open rebuke is better than hidden love!
Matthew 18:15
"If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

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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