Exodus 21:33
'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
34the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
Cross References
Psalms 9:15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Proverbs 28:10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Jeremiah 18:20Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.
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 →