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King James Version

Exodus 21:25

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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.
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 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 strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
Genesis 21:15
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 21:22
And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
Genesis 29:8
And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
Judges 1:15
And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.
Proverbs 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 25:9
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Proverbs 27:5
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Matthew 18:15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy 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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