Exodus 21:20
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And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
In other translations
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Hebrew words
וְכִי־vekhi-and ifH3588יַכֶּהyakehhe will strikeH5221אִישׁ'ishanyoneH376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַבְדּוֹavdo[male] slave hisH5650אוֹ'oorH176אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲמָתוֹ'amatofemale slave hisH519בַּשֵּׁבֶטbashevetwith the rodH7626וּמֵתumetand he will dieH4191תַּחַתtachatunderH8478יָדוֹyadohand hisH3027נָקֹםnakomcertainly <to avenge>H5358יִנָּקֵם׃yinakemhe will be avengedH5358
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- Proverbs 29:19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
- Deuteronomy 19:21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Isaiah 58:3-43 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.3 “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. 4 You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
- Numbers 35:30-3330 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. 31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. 32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
- Numbers 35:19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
- Romans 13:4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Exodus 21:26-2726 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.26 If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
- Genesis 4:15And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
- Genesis 4:24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
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