Exodus 21:20 - The Scriptures 2009

“And when a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall certainly 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

And יהוה said to him, “Well, if anyone kills Qayin, vengeance is taken on him sevenfold.” And יהוה set up a sign for Qayin, lest anyone finding him strikes him.

Genesis 4:24

For Qayin is avenged sevenfold, and Lemeḵ seventy-sevenfold.

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man.

Exodus 21:19

if he rises again and walks about outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be innocent. He only pays for lost time and sees to it that he is completely healed.

Exodus 21:21

“But if he remains alive a day or two, he is not punished; for he is his property.

Proverbs 29:19

A servant is not disciplined by words; Though he understands, he does not respond.

Numbers 35:19

The revenger of blood himself puts the murderer to death. When he meets him, he puts him to death.

Romans 13:4

for it is a servant of Elohim to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain. For it is a servant of Elohim, a revenger to execute wrath on him who practises evil.

Deuteronomy 19:21

“And let your eye not pardon, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.