Exodus 21:24
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
KJV
oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede,
Vulgate
ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος, χεῖρα ἀντὶ χειρός, πόδα ἀντὶ ποδός,
LXX
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
ASV
עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת יָ֔ד רֶ֖גֶל תַּ֥חַת רָֽגֶל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
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v
noun · 247×
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noun · 55×
ו
v
noun · 505×
וֹ
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noun · 1620×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 11.—Whether It is Just that the Punishments of Sins Last Longer Than the Sins Themselves Lasted. Some, however, of those against whom we are defending the city of God, think it unjust that any man be doomed to an eternal punishment for sins which, no matter how great they were, were perpetrated in a brief space of time; as if any law ever regulated the duration of the p…
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.
- Judg 1:6 — But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
- Lev 24:19 — And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
- Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
- Matt 5:38 — Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Matt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Rev 16:6 — For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.