Exodus 21:26 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘When a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave and destroys it, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his eye.

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King 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.

Exodus 21:26 Tagairtí Cros

Nehemiah 5:5

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery.  Some of our daughters are already enslaved,  but we are powerless  because our fields and vineyards belong to others.’

Exodus 21:20

‘When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse,  the owner must be punished.

Exodus 21:24

eye for eye, tooth for tooth,  hand for hand, foot for foot,

Exodus 21:25

burn for burn, bruise for bruise, wound for wound.

Exodus 21:27

If he knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free in compensation for his tooth.

Ephesians 6:9

And masters, treat your slaves the same way, without threatening  them, because you know that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favouritism  with him.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Colossians 4:1

Masters,  deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.