Exodus 21:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies 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 lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning; of every beast I will require it and of man; of every man's brother I will require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6

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

2 Samuel 12:13

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

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not kill.

Exodus 21:11

And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money.

Leviticus 24:17

He who kills a man 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 perish by the sword.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“ ‘Cursed be he who slays his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’