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Personal Injury Laws

Exodus 21:34

In 11 translations

BSB
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
WEB
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
ASV
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.
LSV
the owner of the pit repays, he gives back money to its owner, and the dead is his.
YLT
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
DBY
the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] shall be his.
DRC
The owner of the pit shall pay the price of the beasts: and that which is dead shall be his own.
GNV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money to the owners thereof, but the dead beast shalbe his.
JPS
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
LXXE
the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בַּ֤עַל הַבּוֹר֙ יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם כֶּ֖סֶף יָשִׁ֣יב לִבְעָלָ֑יו וְהַמֵּ֖ת יִֽהְיֶה־לּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
ὁ κύριος τοῦ λάκκου ἀποτίσει, ἀργύριον δώσει τῷ κυρίῳ αὐτῶν· τὸ δὲ τετελευτηκὸς αὐτῷ ἔσται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 22:6If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
  • Exodus 21:29–30But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death. If payment is demanded of…
  • Exodus 22:14If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

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