Exodus 21:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,”
A short, plain-language explanation of Exodus 21:18 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 21:18 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
- Exodus 21:20If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
- Exodus 21:22If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Numbers 35:16If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:17Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 25:11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,
- 2 Samuel 14:6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).