Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Exodus 21:18 in other translations
| BSB | If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed, |
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| WEB | “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed; |
| ASV | And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed; |
| YLT | ‘And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed; |
| DARBY | And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed, |
| BBE | If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed; |
| Webster | And if men contend together, and one shall smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keep his bed: |
What does Exodus 21:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 21:12-21
God, who by his providence gives and maintains life, by his law protects it. A wilful murderer shall be taken even from God's altar. But God provided cities of refuge to protect those whose unhappiness it was, and not their fault, to cause the death of another; for such as by accident, when a man is doing a lawful act, without intent of hurt, happens to kill another. Let children hear the sentence of God's word upon…
Exodus 21:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:18
- Exodus 21:20
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- Exodus 2:13
And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?
- Deuteronomy 25:11
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
- 2 Samuel 14:6
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
- Numbers 35:16-24
And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. …
- Exodus 21:22
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
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Context
- Exodus 21:17
And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 21:18
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Exodus 21:19
If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
Exodus 21:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Además, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere á su prójimo con piedra ó con el puño, y no muriere, pero cayere en cama; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si des hommes contestent entre eux, et que l’un frappe l’autre avec une pierre ou avec le poing, et qu’il ne meure pas, mais tienne le lit: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn Männer hadern, und einer schlägt den anderen mit einem Steine oder mit der Faust, und er stirbt nicht, sondern wird bettlägerig: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si rixati fuerint viri, et percusserit alter proximum suum lapide vel pugno, et ille mortuus non fuerit, sed jacuerit in lectulo: |