Exodus 21:33
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide.
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
- If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
- KJV
- And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
- WEB
- “If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
- ASV
- And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
- DARBY
- And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,
- BLB
- And if a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit, and he does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls in there,
- ÅB
- Når noen lar en brønn stå åpen eller graver en brønn og ikke dekker den til, og det faller en okse eller et esel i den,
- OTB
- «Hvis noen åpner en grop, eller graver en grop og ikke dekker den, og en okse eller et esel faller i den,
- B1930
- Når nogen lar en brønn stå åpen eller graver en brønn og ikke dekker den til, og det faller en okse eller et asen i den,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Read in contextProverbs 28:10
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Read in contextPsalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
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