But if the woman was hurt badly, [138] then the man who hurt her must be punished. {If a person is killed, then the person who caused it must be killed.} You must trade one life for another life.
Leviticus 24:19 - Easy To Read Version “And if a person causes an injury to his neighbor, then the same kind of injury must be given that person. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man causes a blemish or disfigurement on his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done: American Standard Version (1901) And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: Common English Bible If someone injures a fellow citizen, they will suffer the same injury they inflicted: Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever will have inflicted a blemish on any of his citizens, just as he has done, so shall it be done to him: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: |
But if the woman was hurt badly, [138] then the man who hurt her must be punished. {If a person is killed, then the person who caused it must be killed.} You must trade one life for another life.
You must trade an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
The person who kills an animal {that belongs to another person} must give another animal to take its place. [422]
A broken bone for a broken bone; an eye for an eye; and a tooth for a tooth. The same kind of injury a person gives another person must be given that person.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ {\cf2\super [70]}
If you judge other people, you will be judged in the same way you judge them. And the way you give to other people will be the way God gives to you.
{“Punishment must be as severe as the crime.} Don’t feel sorry about punishing a person that does wrong. If a person takes a life, then he must pay with his own life. The rule is: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.
Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut the thumbs and big toes off of 70 kings. And those kings had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for the things I did to those kings.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem and he died there.