Exodus 21:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

Common English Bible

Anyone who hits and kills someone should be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever strikes a man, intending to murder, shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that striketh a man with a will to kill him shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:12 Cross References

Genesis 9:5

For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person’s blood be shed, for in his own image God made humans.

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Exodus 21:11

And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out without debt, without payment of money.

Leviticus 24:17

Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all who take the sword will die by the sword.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’