Exodus 21:24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
25burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Judges 1:6As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Matthew 5:38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
Luke 6:38Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back 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 →