King James Version
Exodus 21:34 in the King James Version says “The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.”
Exodus 21:34 · KJV
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;
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past , and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“The owner”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
“shall make it good”
H7999to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
“and give”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“The owner”
H1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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