Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
In Context
23And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life,
25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he has done, so shall it be done to him;
Judges 1:6But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
Matthew 5:38All of you have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that all of you mete likewise 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 →