Exodus 21:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde with a rod, & they dye vnder his hande, he shalbe greeuously punished.

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  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.
  • Gen 4:24 : 24 If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes.
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake. 27 Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 The reuenger of blood him selfe shal slay the murtherer: when he meeteth hym, he shall slay hym.
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 Whoso kylleth any person, the Iudge shall put the murtherer to death thorowe wytnesses: but one wytnesse shall not testifie agaynst any person, to cause hym to dye. 31 Moreouer, ye shal take no recompence for the lyfe of the murtherer whiche is worthy to dye: but he shalbe put to death. 32 And ye shall take no recompence for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he shoulde come againe and dwell in the lande before the death of the hye priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the lande whiche ye shall dwell in, for blood defileth the lande: and the lande can not be clensed of the blood that is shed therin, but by the blood of hym that shed blood.
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 And thine eye shall haue no copassion, but lyfe for lyfe, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hande for hande, foote for foote.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 Wherefore fast we say they and thou seest it not? we put our liues to straitnesse, and thou regardest it not? 4 Beholde, when ye fast, your lust remayneth still, for ye do no lesse violence to your detters: lo, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with your fist without mercy: Nowe ye shall not fast thus, that your voyce might be hearde aboue.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is the minister of God for thy wealth. But yf thou do euyll, feare: For he beareth not the sworde in vayne, for he is the minister of God, reuenger of wrath on hym that doth euyll.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:21-32
    12 verses
    82%

    21And if he continue a day or two, it shal not be reueged, for he is his money.

    22If men striue, & hurt a woman with chylde, so that her fruite depart from her, and yet no destruction folow: then he shalbe sore punished according as the womans husbande wyll laye to his charge, and he shall pay as the dayes men wyll appoynt hym.

    23And if any destruction folowe, then he shall geue life for life,

    24Eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, foote for foote,

    25Burnyng for burnyng, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

    26And if a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, that it perishe, he shall let them go free for the eyes sake.

    27Also if he smyte out his seruaunt or his maydes tothe, he shall let them go out free for the tothes sake.

    28If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that they dye, then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his fleshe shall not be eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall go quite.

    29If the oxe were wont to pushe with his horne in time past, and it hath ben tolde his maister, and he hath not kept him, but that he hath killed a man or a woman: then the oxe shalbe stoned, and his owner shall dye also.

    30If there be set to hym a sume of money, then he shal geue for the redeeming of his life whatsoeuer is layde vpo him.

    31And whether he haue gored a sonne or a daughter, accordyng to the same iudgement shall it be done vnto him.

    32But if it be a seruaunt or a mayde that the oxe hath gored, then he shall geue vnto their maister thirtie sicles, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • Exod 21:14-19
    6 verses
    82%

    14If a man come presumpteously vpon his neyghbour to slay hym with guyle, thou shalt take him from myne aulter that he dye.

    15He that smyteth his father or his mother, let hym be slayne for it.

    16He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if he be proued vppon hym, shalbe slayne for it.

    17And he that curseth his father or mother, shalbe put to death for it.

    18If men stryue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fyste, and he dye not, but lyeth in his bed:

    19If he rise agayne, and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote hym go quite, saue only he shall beare his charges for leesyng his tyme, and shall paye for his healyng.

  • Exod 21:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shal she go out free & pay no money.

    12He that smyteth a man, that he dye, shalbe slayne for it.

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16And if any man smyte another with an instrument of iron that he dye, then is he a murtherer, and the murtherer shall dye for it.

    17If he smyte hym with throwyng a stone, that a man may dye with, and if he dye, he that smote hym is a murtherer: let the same murtherer be slayne therefore.

    18Or if he smyte hym with a handweapon of wood that a man may dye with, then if he dye, he is a murtherer: let the same murtherer be slaine therfore.

  • Exod 21:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4And if his maister haue geuen hym a wyfe, and she haue borne him sonnes or daughters: then the wyfe and her chyldren shalbe her maisters, and he shall go out alone.

    5And yf the seruaunt say: I loue my maister, my wyfe, and my chyldren, I wyll not go out free:

    6His maister shall bryng hym vnto the iudges, and set hym to the doore or the doorepost, and his maister shal bore his eare through with a naule, and he shalbe his seruaunt for euer.

    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a seruaunt, she shal not go out as the men seruauntes do.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof:

    14If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

  • Exod 21:2
    74%

    2If thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue, sixe yeres he shall serue, & in the seuenth, he shall go out free paying nothyng.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2And if any man be vngodly, and worthy of strypes, then let the Iudge cause him to lye downe and to be beaten before his face, accordyng to his trespasse, vnto a certayne number.

    3Fourtie stripes he shall geue hym, and not passe: lest if he shoulde exceede, and beate hym aboue that with many stripes, thy brother should appeare despised and vile before thyne eyes.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17And he that kylleth any man, let hym dye the death.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21Or smyte hym with his hande of enmitie that he dye: he that smote hym shall dye the death, for he is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth hym.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Lev 19:20
    73%

    20Whosoeuer lieth and medleth with a woman that is a bondmayde betrothed to a husbande, but not redeemed, nor freedome geue her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not dye, because she was not free.

  • Deut 21:22
    72%

    22If a man haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death for it, and thou hangest hym on tree.

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19And yf a man cause a blemishe in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to hym.

    20Broke for broke, eye for eye, and tooth for tooth: euen as he hath blemisshed a man, so shall he be blemisshed agayne.

    21And he that kylleth a beast, let hym restore it: and he that kylleth a man, let hym dye.

  • Matt 21:35
    72%

    35And the husbande men caught his seruauntes, and beatte one, killed another, and stoned another.

  • Deut 15:17
    72%

    17Then shalt thou take an aule, & nayle his eare to the doore therwith, and let hym be thy seruaunt for euer: And vnto thy mayde seruaunt thou shalt do likewise.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35If one mans oxe hurt another, that he dye: then they shall sell the lyue oxe, and deuide the money, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

    36Or if it be knowen that the oxe hath vsed to pushe in tyme past, & his maister hath not kept hym: he shall paye oxe for oxe, and the dead shalbe his owne.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2If a theefe be found breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye: there shall no blood be shed for hym.

  • Exod 22:14
    71%

    14And if a man borowe ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els dye, and the owner therof be not by: he shall surely make it good.

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them:

  • Job 31:13
    71%

    13If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me:

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Whosoeuer he be that despiseth his father or his mother, let hym dye: for he hath deminished the estimation of his father & mother, his blood be vpon him.

    10And the man that breaketh wedlocke with another mans wyfe, euen he that breaketh wedlocke with his neyghbours wyfe, let be slayne both the adulterer and the adultresse.