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Exodus 21:24

Exodus chapter 21 · verse 24 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

v.24This passage

v.25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 5:38

    Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

  • Luke 6:38

    give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

  • Exodus 21:26

    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.

  • Revelation 16:6

    for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

  • Judges 1:6

    But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

  • 1 Samuel 15:33

    And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jehovah in Gilgal.