38Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.


In Context

35 nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

38 Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

39 But I say unto you, not to resist evil; but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

40 and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.

Matthew 5:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:38"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:38You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:38|You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:38'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:38You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: