If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done, the same is to be done to him:
Exodus 21:23 - Tree of Life Version But if any harm follows, then you are to penalize life for life, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if any damage follows, then you shall give life for life, American Standard Version (1901) But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Common English Bible If there is further injury, then you will give a life for a life, Catholic Public Domain Version But if her death will have followed, he will repay a life for a life, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life. |
If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done, the same is to be done to him:
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he has injured someone, so it shall it be done to him.
“You are not to accept ransom for the life of a murderer. He deserves to die and he is to die.
Your eye must not show pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.