Exodus 21:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand -- he is certainly avenged;

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:15 : 15 And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.
  • Gen 4:24 : 24 For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 `And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye; 27 and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 `The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 whoso smiteth a person, by the mouth of witnesses doth `one' slay the murderer; and one witness doth not testify against a person -- to die. 31 `And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death; 32 and ye take no atonement for him to flee unto the city of his refuge, to turn back to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 `And ye profane not the land which ye `are' in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 By words a servant is not instructed though he understand, And there is nothing answering.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 `Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact. 4 Lo, for strife and debate ye fast, And to smite with the fist of wickedness, Ye fast not as `to'-day, To sound in the high place your voice.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

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  • Exod 21:21-32
    12 verses
    82%

    21only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he `is' his money.

    22`And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

    23and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

    26`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

    27and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

    28`And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox `is' acquitted;

    29and if the ox is `one' accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

    30`If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

    31whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

    32`If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

  • Exod 21:14-19
    6 verses
    82%

    14`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

    15`And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

    16`And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

    17`And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

    18`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

    19if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

  • Exod 21:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

    12`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16`And if with an instrument of iron he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

    17`And if with a stone `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

    18`Or with a wooden instrument `in' the hand, wherewith he dieth, he hath smitten him, and he dieth, he `is' a murderer: the murderer is certainly put to death.

  • Exod 21:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters -- the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

    5`And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons -- I do not go out free;

    6then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age.

    7`And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Withhold not from a youth chastisement, When thou smitest him with a rod he dieth not.

    14Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

  • Exod 21:2
    74%

    2`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant -- six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and `one' hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;

    3forty `times' he doth smite him -- he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these -- many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21or in enmity he hath smitten him with his hand, and he dieth; the smiter is certainly put to death; he `is' a murderer; the redeemer of blood doth put the murderer to death in his coming against him.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21Whoso is bringing up his servant delicately, from youth, `At' his latter end also he is continuator.

  • Lev 19:20
    73%

    20`And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she `is' not free.

  • Deut 21:22
    72%

    22`And when there is in a man a sin -- a cause of death, and he hath been put to death, and thou hast hanged him on a tree,

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19`And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;

    20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

    21`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth `the life of' man is put to death;

  • Matt 21:35
    72%

    35and the husbandmen having taken his servants, one they scourged, and one they killed, and one they stoned.

  • Deut 15:17
    72%

    17then thou hast taken the awl, and hast put `it' through his ear, and through the door, and he hath been to thee a servant age-during; and also to thy handmaid thou dost do so.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35`And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

    36or, it hath been known that the ox is `one' accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

  • Exod 22:14
    71%

    14`And when a man doth ask `anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18`When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them --

  • Job 31:13
    71%

    13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

    10`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.