“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
- BSB You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- NKJV “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
- NASB “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’
- NLT “You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Lev 24:19–20If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
- Deut 19:21Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Exod 21:22–27“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
- Deut 19:19then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
- Matt 5:27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’
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