Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
KJV
fracturam pro fractura, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente restituet : qualem inflixerit maculam, talem sustinere cogetur.
Vulgate
σύντριμμα ἀντὶ συντρίμματος, ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος, καθότι ἂν δῷ μῶμον τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, οὕτως δοθήσεται αὐτῷ.
LXX
breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.
ASV
שֶׁ֚בֶר תַּ֣חַת שֶׁ֔בֶר עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן מוּם֙ בָּֽ/אָדָ֔ם כֵּ֖ן יִנָּ֥תֶן בּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Matt 5:38 · exact_quote"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:"Leviticus: eye for eye, tooth for tooth — Jesus quotes before reinterpreting
Historic Christian voices
2 passages 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.
- Matt 5:38 — Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: