21And thine eye shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.


In Context

18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

21 And thine eye shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 19:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And thine eye shall not pity; [but] life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:21Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:2121Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And thine eyes shall not pity; life'shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21And thy eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:21and thine eye doth not pity — life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:21And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.