Exodus 21:24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if any harm follows, then thou shall give life for life,
25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
Judges 1:6But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Matthew 5:38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →