Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:34 in other translations
| BSB | the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his. |
| DARBY | the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead ox shall be his. |
| BBE | The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his. |
| Webster | The owner of the pit shall make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. |
What does Exodus 21:34 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 21:34 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 21:34
- Exodus 21:29-30
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. 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 22:6
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 22:14
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
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Context
- 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 21:34
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
- Exodus 21:35
And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
Exodus 21:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero, resarciendo á su dueño, y lo que fué muerto será suyo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | le propriétaire de la fosse donnera une compensation, il remettra l’argent au maître de la bête; et la bête morte lui appartiendra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so soll es der Besitzer der Grube erstatten: Geld soll er dem Besitzer desselben zahlen, und das tote Tier soll ihm gehören. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | reddet dominus cisternæ pretium jumentorum: quod autem mortuum est, ipsius erit. |