Exodus 21:26 “If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant,…”

Exodus 21:26

If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

American Standard Version

And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.

Geneva Bible 1599

And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

Darby Translation

And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

Young's Literal Translation

'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

Bible in Basic English

If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.

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Cross references

“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 21:20 Deuteronomy 16:19 Nehemiah 5:5 Job 31:13–15 Psalm 9:12 Psalm 10:14

Exodus 21:20 · BSB

If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Deuteronomy 16:19 · BSB

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Nehemiah 5:5 · BSB

We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fi…

Job 31:13–15 · BSB

If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

Psalm 9:12 · BSB

For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 10:14 · BSB

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

27And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

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