Leviticus 24:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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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.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 `Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    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;

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    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;

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

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

    39but I -- I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

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

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

    29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    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;

    4if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep -- double he repayeth.

    5`When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, `of' the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

    6`When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

    7`When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

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

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    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;

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    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 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

    13if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

    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 25:2
    73%

    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;

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

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

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

    10`When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing --

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    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;

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4`Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19or a man in whom there is a breach in the foot, or a breach in the hand,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For the work of man he repayeth to him, And according to the path of each He doth cause him to find.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

    10And I also, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare; their way on their own head I have put.'

  • Job 21:31
    70%

    31Who doth declare to his face his way? And `for' that which he hath done, Who doth give recompence to him?

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    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;