May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.’
Exodus 21:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised if he can later get up and walk around outside leaning on his staff, then the one who struck him will be exempt from punishment. Nevertheless, he must pay for his lost work time and provide for his complete recovery. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If he rises again and walks about leaning upon his staff, then he that struck him shall be clear, except he must pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. American Standard Version (1901) if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. Common English Bible if he recovers and is able to walk around outside with a cane, then the one who hit him shouldn’t be punished, except to pay for the loss of time from work and to pay for his full recovery. Catholic Public Domain Version if he gets up again and can walk outside on his staff, he who struck him will be innocent, but only if he makes sufficient restitution for his deeds and for the cost of the physicians. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit: yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians. |
May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.’
‘When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,
‘When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished.
The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Old men and women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of their advanced age.