Love Your Enemies
Matthew 5:38
In 9 translations
- BSB
- You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
- KJV
- ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- WEB
- “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
- ASV
- Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- LSV
- You heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
- YLT
- 'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
- DBY
- Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.
- DRC
- You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
- GNV
- Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Spelling of ἐρρέθη: Tyndale House: ἐρρήθη.
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη· Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος.
- RP2018
- Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος·
- TR-Boyd
- Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος·
- SCR1894
- ηκουσατε οτι ερρεθη οφθαλμον αντι οφθαλμου και οδοντα αντι οδοντος
Who and where
◆ Sermon on the Mount
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MeeknessSermon on the mountSermon on the Plain, TheSermonJudaismAssault and BatteryRetaliationBeg; Beggar; BeggingRevengeEye, The
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Leviticus 24:19–20If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
- Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Exodus 21:22–27If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows. But if a serious…
- Deuteronomy 19:19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Matthew 5:27You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).