^24:21One who beats an animal to death³⁵ must make restitution for it, but³⁶ one who beats a person to death must be put to death. ^24:22There will be one regulation³⁷ for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.’ ”

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Footnotes

35 See the note on v. above.
36 Heb “and,” but here the Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) is adversative, contrasting the consequences of beating an animal to death with those of beating a person to death.
37 Heb “a regulation of one”; , “one manner of law”; “one standard.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the Lord your God.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death. You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the Lord your God.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death. You are to have the same law for the resident alien and the native, because I am the Lord your God.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.

“This same standard applies both to native-born Israelites and to the foreigners living among you. I am the Lord your God.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And a killer of a domestic animal must repay for it, and a killer of a human shall be put to death. You must have one norm; as for the alien, so it must be for the native, because I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

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