Leviticus 24:20 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²⁰ Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: When you shall have entered into the land which I will give you, observe the rest of the sabbath to the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused a blemish or disfigurement on a man, so shall it be done to him. [Matt. 5:38-42; 7:2.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

Common English Bible

²⁰ broken bone for broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. The same injury the person inflicted on the other will be inflicted on them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he repay. Whatever degree of blemish he has inflicted, so shall he be compelled to suffer.

Leviticus 24:20 Cross References

Leviticus 24:19

And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

Matthew 5:38

6 For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

Deuteronomy 19:21

And the captains shall proclaim through every band in the hearing of the army: What man is there, that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

Judges 1:7

2 And Caleb said: He that shall take Cariath-Sepher, and lay it waste, to him will I give my daughter Axa to wife.