Exodus 21:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.”
Exodus 21:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 21:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 21:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.”
Exodus 21:26 — World English Bible
Exodus 21:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake. ”
Exodus 21:26 — American Standard Version
Exodus 21:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;”
Exodus 21:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 21:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye. ”
Exodus 21:26 — Darby Translation
Exodus 21:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.”
Exodus 21:26 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 21:26 in Context — Exodus 21
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 let him go free for his eye’s sake.
27 And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
What Does Exodus 21:26 Mean?
Exodus 21:26 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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