Exodus 21:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Lev 24:19 : 19 `And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;
  • Num 35:31 : 31 `And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:17-22
    6 verses
    87%

    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.

    20`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;

    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;

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    82%

    19`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

    20and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

    21and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 21:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

    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;

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    79%

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

    18`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

    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;

  • Exod 21:12-15
    4 verses
    78%

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

    13as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

    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.

  • Exod 21:28-31
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Deut 25:12
    75%

    12then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.

  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12then the elders of his city have sent and taken him from thence, and given him into the hand of the redeemer of blood, and he hath died;

    13thine eye hath no pity on him, and thou hast put away the innocent blood from Israel, and it is well with thee.

  • Num 35:19-24
    6 verses
    73%

    19`The redeemer of blood himself doth put the murderer to death; in his coming against him he doth put him to death.

    20`And if in hatred he thrust him through, or hath cast `anything' at him by lying in wait, and he dieth;

    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.

    22`And if, in an instant, without enmity, he hath thrust him through, or hath cast at him any instrument, without lying in wait;

    23or with any stone wherewith he dieth, without seeing, and causeth `it' to fall upon him, and he dieth, and he `is' not his enemy, nor seeking his evil;

    24then have the company judged between the smiter and the redeemer of blood, by these judgments.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Num 35:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Exod 22:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1`When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

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

    3if the sun hath risen upon him, blood `is' for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

  • Matt 5:21
    71%

    21`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

  • Deut 19:5
    71%

    5even he who cometh in with his neighbour into a forest to hew wood, and his hand hath driven with an axe to cut the tree, and the iron hath slipped from the wood, and hath met his neighbour, and he hath died -- he doth flee unto one of these cities, and hath lived,

  • Matt 5:38
    70%

    38`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

  • Exod 22:14
    70%

    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 22:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    25`And if in a field the man find the damsel who is betrothed, and the man hath laid hold on her, and lain with her, then hath the man who hath lain with her died alone;

    26and to the damsel thou dost not do anything, the damsel hath no deadly sin; for as a man riseth against his neighbour and hath murdered him -- the life, so `is' this thing;

  • Num 35:31
    70%

    31`And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who `is' condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

  • Gen 9:6
    70%

    6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

  • Deut 21:22
    70%

    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,