Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Leviticus 24:20 in other translations
| BSB | fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him. |
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| WEB | fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone. |
| ASV | breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. |
| YLT | breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him. |
| DARBY | breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him. |
| BBE | Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him. |
| Webster | Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him. |
What does Leviticus 24:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 24:17-22
17-22. he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death--These verses contain a repetition of some other laws, relating to offenses of a social nature, the penalties for which were to be inflicted, not by the hand of private parties, but through the medium of the judges before whom the cause was brought.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 24:10-23
This offender was the son of an Egyptian father, and an Israelitish mother. The notice of his parents shows the common ill effect of mixed marriages. A standing law for the stoning of blasphemers was made upon this occasion. Great stress is laid upon this law. It extends to the strangers among them, as well as to those born in the land. Strangers, as well as native Israelites, should be entitled to the benefit of…
Leviticus 24:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 24:20
- Deuteronomy 19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Matthew 5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- Exodus 21:23-25
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Context
- Leviticus 24:19
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
- Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
- Leviticus 24:21
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus 24:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Rotura por rotura, ojo por ojo, diente por diente: según la lesión que habrá hecho á otro, tal se hará á él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | fracture pour fracture, œil pour œil, dent pour dent; selon le mal corporel qu’il aura causé à un homme, ainsi il lui sera fait. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bruch um Bruch, Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn; wie er einem Menschen eine Verletzung zufügt, also soll ihm zugefügt werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | fracturam pro fractura, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente restituet: qualem inflixerit maculam, talem sustinere cogetur. |