King James Version
Exodus 21:23 in the King James Version says “And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,”
Exodus 21:23 · KJV
Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“then thou shalt give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“for life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“for life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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