Parallel Verses
Amplified
But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life,
New American Standard Bible
But if there is any further injury,
King James Version
And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Holman Bible
If there is an injury, then you must give life for life,
International Standard Version
If there is harm, then you are to require life for life,
A Conservative Version
But if any harm follows, then thou shall give life for life,
American Standard Version
But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
Bible in Basic English
But if damage comes to her, let life be given in payment for life,
Darby Translation
But if mischief happen, then thou shalt give life for life,
Julia Smith Translation
And if there shall be harm, and he gave soul for soul,
King James 2000
And if any mischief follows, then you shall give life for life,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And if there is serious injury, you will give life in place of life,
Modern King James verseion
And if any injury occurs, then you shall give life for life,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"But and if any misfortune follow, then shall he pay life for life;
NET Bible
But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
New Heart English Bible
But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
The Emphasized Bible
But, if mischief follow, then shalt thou give life for life;
Webster
And if any mischief shall follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
World English Bible
But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
Youngs Literal Translation
and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 21:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Injury
22
“If men fight with each other and injure a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely [and the baby lives], yet there is no further injury, the one who hurt her must be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman’s husband, as much as the judges decide.
23 But if there is any further injury, then you shall require [as a penalty] life for life,
24
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:21
You shall not show pity [to the guilty one]: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Leviticus 24:19
If a man injures his neighbor (fellow citizen), whatever he has done shall be done to him:
Numbers 35:31
Moreover, you shall not accept a ransom [in exchange] for the life of a murderer guilty and sentenced to death; but he shall certainly be put to death.