Deuteronomy 19:21

In 11 translations

BSB

You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.Cited in Matthew 5:38

KJV

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

WEB

Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

ASV

And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

LSV

And your eye does not pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”

YLT

and thine eye doth not pity — life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DBY

And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DRC

Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

GNV

Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.

JPS

And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

LXXE

Thine eye shall not spare him: thou shalt exact life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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WLC

וְלֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֨יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπʼ αὐτῷ· ψυχὴν ἀντὶ ψυχῆς, ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος, χεῖρα ἀντὶ χειρὸς, πόδα ἀντὶ ποδός.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 5:38–39You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
• Exodus 21:23–25But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
• Deuteronomy 19:13You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
• Leviticus 24:17–21And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:…

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