Exodus 21:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 21:26 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Deuteronomy 16:19Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
- Job 31:13If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
- Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- Psalms 10:18to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
- Proverbs 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Ephesians 6:9And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.
- Colossians 4:1Masters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
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