If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done, the same is to be done to him:
Leviticus 24:20 - Tree of Life Version fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he has injured someone, so it shall it be done to him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer. |
If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done, the same is to be done to him:
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
Your eye must not show pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
So Adoni-bezek said, “70 kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.