Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life.
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:
Judges 1:6And Adonibezec fled: and they pursued after him and took him, and cut off his fingers and toes.
Matthew 5:38You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, 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 →