King James Version
Exodus 21:31 in the King James Version says “Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.”
Exodus 21:31 · KJV
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past , and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“or”
H176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
“a son”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“or”
H176desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
“a daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“according to this judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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