Exodus 21:20 - Revised Standard Version

“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod and he [or she] dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

American Standard Version (1901)

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

Common English Bible

When a slave owner hits a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner should be punished.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.

Exodus 21:20 Cross References

Genesis 4:15

Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! If any one slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest any who came upon him should kill him.

Genesis 4:24

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.

Exodus 21:19

then if the man rises again and walks abroad with his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall have him thoroughly healed.

Exodus 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.

Proverbs 29:19

By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not give heed.

Numbers 35:19

The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.

Romans 13:4

for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain; he is the servant of God to execute his wrath on the wrongdoer.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.