Exodus 21:27
25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
29 But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
- KJV
- And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
- WEB
- If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
- ASV
- And if he smite out his man-servant`s tooth, or his maid-servant`s tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth`s sake.
- DARBY
- And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.
- BLB
- And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send him out free for his tooth.
- ÅB
- Og dersom han slår ut en tann på sin slave eller slavekvinne, da skal han gi dem fri til vederlag for tannen.
- OTB
- Og hvis han slår ut tannen til sin mannlige eller kvinnelige slave, må han la slaven gå fri som kompensasjon for tannen.
- B1930
- Og dersom han slår ut en tann på sin træl eller trælkvinne, da skal han gi dem fri til vederlag for tannen.