Leviticus 24:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.”
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“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 24:20 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:23But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
- Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
- Matthew 5:38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).