Exodus 21:18
What does Exodus 21:18 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 21:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 25:11
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets;
- Exodus 2:13
And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
- Exodus 21:22
And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
- Exodus 21:20
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.
- 2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.
- Numbers 35:16
But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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