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 21:32 in other translations
| BSB | If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned. |
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| WEB | If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned. |
| ASV | If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. |
| YLT | ‘If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned. |
| DARBY | If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. |
| BBE | If the death of a man-servant or of a woman-servant is caused by the ox, the owner is to give their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox is to be stoned. |
| Webster | If the ox shall push a man-servant, or maid-servant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. |
What does Exodus 21:32 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…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 21:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:32
- Zechariah 11:12-13
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
- Matthew 26:15
And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 27:3-9
Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. …
- Genesis 37:28
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Philippians 2:7
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
- Exodus 21:28-29
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
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Context
- 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 21:33
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Exodus 21:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si el buey acorneare siervo ó sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata su señor, y el buey será apedreado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si le bœuf a frappé de ses cornes un serviteur ou une servante, le possesseur donnera à son maître 30 sicles d’argent, et le bœuf sera lapidé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn der Ochse einen Knecht stößt oder eine Magd, so soll sein Besitzer ihrem Herrn dreißig Silbersekel geben, und der Ochse soll gesteinigt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si servum ancillamque invaserit, triginta siclos argenti domino dabit, bos vero lapidibus opprimetur. |