Exodus 21:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:20 : 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;
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren `is' our flesh, as their sons `are' our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards `are' to others.'
  • Job 31:13-15 : 13 If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me, 14 Then what do I do when God ariseth? And when He doth inspect, What do I answer Him? 15 Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave `it', Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To judge the fatherless and bruised: He addeth no more to oppress -- man of the earth!
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper, 13 He hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth, 14 From fraud and from violence he redeemeth their soul, And precious is their blood in his eyes.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. 23 For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
  • Eph 6:9 : 9 And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.
  • Col 4:1 : 1 The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 90%

    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.

    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;

  • 82%

    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;

    19 if 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;

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

  • 81%

    23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given 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.

  • Exod 21:2-8
    7 verses
    79%

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

    3 if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he `is' owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

    4 if 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;

    6 then 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;

    8 if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

  • 77%

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

    31 whether 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.

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

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

    20 breach 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;

  • 75%

    16 `And it hath been, when he saith unto thee, I go not out from thee -- because he hath loved thee, and thy house, because `it is' good for him with thee --

    17 then 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.

    18 `It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

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

  • 74%

    12 `When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.

    13 And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;

  • Jer 34:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant -- the Hebrew and the Hebrewess -- free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

    10 and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

  • 73%

    11 and 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;

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

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

  • 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;

    36 or, 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.

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

  • 14 At the end of seven years ye do send forth each his brother, the Hebrew, who is sold to thee, and hath served thee six years, yea, thou hast sent him forth free from thee: and your fathers hearkened not unto Me, nor inclined their ear.

  • Lev 25:53-54
    2 verses
    70%

    53 as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.

    54 `And if he is not redeemed in these `years', then he hath gone out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him.

  • 14 `And it hath been -- if thou hast not delighted in her, that thou hast sent her away at her desire, and thou dost not at all sell her for money; thou dost not tyrannize over her, because that thou hast humbled her.

  • Lev 25:41-42
    2 verses
    70%

    41 then he hath gone out from thee, he and his sons with him, and hath turned back unto his family; even unto the possession of his fathers he doth turn back.

    42 `For they `are' My servants, whom I have brought out from the land of Egypt: they are not sold `with' the sale of a servant;

  • 9 `And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

  • 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.

  • 29 `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.

  • 39 `And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;

  • 44 `And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast `are' of the nations who `are' round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid,

  • 15 `Thou dost not shut up a servant unto his lord, who is delivered unto thee from his lord;

  • 47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire --