27If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.


In Context

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

26 |If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

27 If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

28 |If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

29 But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and it has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.

Exodus 21:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he knocks out the tooth of a manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the tooth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:27Also if he strike out a tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he shall in like manner make them free.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he shall smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:27and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.