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Leviticus 24:18–20

18 rAnd he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as she hath done, so shall it be done to him; 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.

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Leviticus 24:18–20 — The New International Version (NIV)

18 Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life. 19 Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

18 Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

18 “Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.

19 “Anyone who injures another person must be dealt with according to the injury inflicted—20 a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

18 Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, animal for animal.

19 ‘If a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him—20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused disfigurement of a man, so shall it be done to him.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — New Century Version (NCV)

18 Whoever kills an animal that belongs to another person must give that person another animal to take its place. 19 And whoever causes an injury to a neighbor must receive the same kind of injury in return: 20 Broken bone for broken bone, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Anyone who injures another person must be injured in the same way in return.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

18 And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him: 20 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.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

18 And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour, as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 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.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

18 Whoever kills an animal must replace it, life for life. 19 Whoever injures a neighbor must receive the same injury in return—20 a broken bone for a broken bone, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whoever injures another person must receive the same injury in return.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

18 Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life. 19 If any man inflicts a permanent injury on his neighbor, whatever he has done is to be done to him: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Whatever injury he inflicted on the person, the same is to be inflicted on him.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

18 Anyone who kills an animal shall make restitution for it, life for life. 19 Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18 And he who kills a domestic animal must repay for it life in place of life. 19 And when a man causes a physical defect in his fellow citizen according to what he has done, so it shall be done to him: 20 fracture in place of fracture, eye in place of eye, tooth in place of tooth—according to the physical defect he causes to the person, likewise it shall be caused to him.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

18 If anyone kills someone’s animal, he must pay its owner. A life must be taken for a life.

19 “ ‘Suppose someone hurts his neighbor. Then what he has done must be done to him. 20 A bone must be broken for a bone. An eye must be put out for an eye. A tooth must be knocked out for a tooth. He must be hurt in the same way he hurt someone else.

Leviticus 24:18–20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

18 ‘The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life.

19 If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him.


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