King James Version
Exodus 21:26 in the King James Version says “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'...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 21:26 · KJV
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.
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“And if a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his eye's”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his eye's”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“that it perish”
H7843to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
“he shall let him go”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“for”
H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“his eye's”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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