Exodus 21:31
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
Exodus 21:31 in other translations
| BSB | If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule. |
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| WEB | Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him. |
| ASV | Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. |
| YLT | whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him. |
| DARBY | Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. |
| BBE | If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule. |
| Webster | Whether he hath gored a son, or hath gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. |
What does Exodus 21:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 21:28-36
28-36. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die--For the purpose of sanctifying human blood, and representing all injuries affecting life in a serious light, an animal that occasioned death was to be killed or suffer punishment proportioned to the degree of damage it had caused. Punishments are still inflicted on this principle in Persia and other countries of the East; and among a rude people greater effect is…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 21:22-36
The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.
Exodus 21:31 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Exodus 21:30
If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
- Exodus 21:31
Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
- Exodus 21:32
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus 21:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Haya acorneado hijo, ó haya acorneado hija, conforme á este juicio se hará con él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Soit qu’il ait frappé un fils, ou qu’il ait frappé une fille, il lui sera fait selon ce jugement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Mag er einen Sohn stoßen oder eine Tochter stoßen, so soll ihm nach diesem Rechte getan werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Filium quoque et filiam si cornu percusserit, simili sententiæ subjacebit. |