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Exodus 21:25

burning for burning, wound for wound, and 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.
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.
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 hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow. 23 But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise. 26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 If he strikes out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 "If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible. 29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death. 30 If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him. 31 Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived then in the land.
Genesis 21:15
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:17
God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, "What ails you, Hagar? Don't be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
Genesis 21:22
It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 29:8
They said, We can't, until all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep."
Judges 1:15
She said to him, Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
Debate your case with your neighbor, And don't betray the confidence of another;
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained 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.


 
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