Exodus 21:35

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.”

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BSBPD

“If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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