Exodus 21:20–21
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21:20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she45 dies as a result of the blow,46 he will surely be punished.4721:21However, if the injured servant48 survives one or two days, the owner49 will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.50
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- 45 Heb “so that he”; the words “or she” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- 46 Heb “under his hand.”
- 47 Heb “will be avenged” (how is not specified).
- 48 Heb “if he”; the referent (the servant struck and injured in the previous verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 49 Heb “he”; the referent (the owner of the injured servant) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- 50 This last clause is a free paraphrase of the Hebrew, “for he is his money” (so , ); “his property.” It seems that if the slave survives a couple of days, it is probable that the master was punishing him and not intending to kill him. If he then dies, there is no penalty other than that the owner loses the slave who is his property—he suffers the loss.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged. But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be avenged, for the slave is his money.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result, but they are not to be punished if the slave recovers after a day or two, since the slave is their property.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
“When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod, and the slave dies under his abuse, the owner must be punished. However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner’s property.
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NLTNew Living Translation
“If a man beats his male or female slave with a club and the slave dies as a result, the owner must be punished. But if the slave recovers within a day or two, then the owner shall not be punished, since the slave is his property.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And if a man strikes his male slave or his female slave with the rod and he dies under his hand, he will surely be avenged. Yet if he survives a day or two days, he will not be avenged, because he is his money.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
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