Exodus 21:26 - Revised Standard Version CI “When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man hits the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. Common English Bible When a slave owner hits and blinds the eye of a male or female slave, he should let the slave go free on account of the eye. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone will have struck the eye of his male or female servant, having left them with one eye, he shall release them freely, because of the eye that he has put out. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man strike the eye of his man-servant or maid-servant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out. |
Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children; yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved; but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
Thou dost see; yea, thou dost note trouble and vexation, that thou mayst take it into thy hands; the hapless commits himself to thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.
If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth's sake.
Masters, do the same to them, and forbear threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.