Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;
Judges 1:6But Adoni-zedek went in flight; and they went after him and overtook him, and had his thumbs and his great toes cut off.
Matthew 5:38You have knowledge 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, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
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 →