Exodus 21:24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
25branding for branding, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour, as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Judges 1:6And 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 has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall be given into your bosom: for with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured 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 →