20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.


In Context

17 " 'If anyone takes the life of a human being, he must be put to death.

18 Anyone who takes the life of someone's animal must make restitution-life for life.

19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. As he has injured the other, so he is to be injured.

21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

22 You are to have the same law for the alien and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.' "

Leviticus 24:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20Breach 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. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:20breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.