Exodus 21:26
If any man strike the eye of his manservant or maidservant, and leave them but one eye, he shall let them go free for the eye which he put out.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.
Deuteronomy 16:19And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.
Job 31:13If I have despised to abide judgment with my manservant, or my maidservant, when they had any controversy against me:
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.
Ephesians 6:9And you, masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatenings, knowing that the Lord both of them and you is in heaven; and there is no respect of persons with him.
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 →