Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Treasury of Scripture This is the earliest account we have of the Lex Talionis, law of like for like. Exodus 21:26,27 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... Leviticus 24:19,20 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him... Deuteronomy 19:21 And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Judges 1:6,7 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes... 1 Samuel 15:33 And Samuel said, As the sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women... Matthew 5:38-40 You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth... Matthew 7:2 For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom... Revelation 16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Context Personal Injury Laws
12He that smites a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. 14But if a man come presumptuously on his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die. 15And he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. 18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keeps his bed: 19If he rise again, and walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. 20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. 21Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. 22If 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 on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life, 24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26And 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. 27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 28If 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. 29But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. 30If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid on him. 31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. 32If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Darby Bible Translation
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
King James Bible
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Young's Literal Translation
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
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