Exodus 21:24
+ 21:24 Matt 5:38 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life,
25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And whoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbour, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;
Judges 1:6And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
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 →