Exodus 21:20
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
KJV
Qui percusserit servum suum, vel ancillam virga, et mortui fuerint in manibus ejus, criminis reus erit.
Vulgate
Ἐὰν δέ τις πατάξῃ τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ ἢ τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτοῦ ἐν ῥάβδῳ, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ ὑπὸ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, δίκῃ ἐκδικηθήτω.
LXX
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.
ASV
וְ/כִֽי יַכֶּה֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶת עַבְדּ֜/וֹ א֤וֹ אֶת אֲמָת/וֹ֙ בַּ/שֵּׁ֔בֶט וּ/מֵ֖ת תַּ֣חַת יָד֑/וֹ נָקֹ֖ם יִנָּקֵֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
ךָ
k
noun · 56×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 499×
שֵׁ֣בֶט
shbt
noun · 189×
תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם
ttnqm
verb · 35×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 19:21 — And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Exod 20:13 — Thou shalt not kill.
- Exod 21:18 — And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Prov 29:19 — A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.