Berean Standard Bible
“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.”
Leviticus 24 records the case of a man who cursed the Lord's name in a fight, followed by laws about injury and compensation. The verse belongs to a short list of principles of equal restitution.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
World English Bible (WEB)
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Rotura por rotura, ojo por ojo, diente por diente: según la lesión que habrá hecho á otro, tal se hará á él.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
fractura por fractura, ojo por ojo, diente por diente. El que cause daño a otro recibirá el mismo daño que haya hecho.
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