King James Version
Exodus 21:24 in the King James Version says “Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”
Exodus 21:24 · KJV
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.
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“Eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“for hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“for hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“foot”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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