^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.⁴⁷

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Footnotes

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).

In other versions

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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