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World English Bible

Exodus 21 (WEBP)

[1] “Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them:
[2] “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free without paying anything.
[3] If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he is married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[4] If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
[5] But if the servant shall plainly say, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free;’
[6] then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door or to the doorpost, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
[7] “If a man sells his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
[8] If she doesn’t please her master, who has married her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He shall have no right to sell her to a foreign people, since he has dealt deceitfully with her.
[9] If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her as a daughter.
[10] If he takes another wife to himself, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, and her marital rights.
[11] If he doesn’t do these three things for her, she may go free without paying any money.
[12] “One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,
[13] but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
[14] If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
[15] “Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.
[16] “Anyone who kidnaps someone and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
[17] “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
[18] “If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn’t die, but is confined to bed;
[19] if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
[20] “If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
[21] Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
[22] “If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
[23] But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
[24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[25] burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
[26] “If a man strikes his servant’s eye, or his maid’s eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
[27] 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.
[28] “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.
[29] But if the bull had a habit of goring in the past, and this has been testified to its owner, and he has not kept it in, but it has killed a man or a woman, the bull shall be stoned, and its owner shall also be put to death.
[30] If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed.
[31] Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
[32] If the bull gores a male servant or a female servant, thirty shekels of silver shall be given to their master, and the ox shall be stoned.
[33] “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,
[34] the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
[35] “If one man’s bull injures another’s, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.
[36] Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

Exodus 21:32 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 21 (KJVS)

[1] Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
[2] If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
[3] If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
[4] If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
[5] And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
[6] then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
[7] And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
[8] If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
[9] And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
[10] If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
[11] And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
[12] He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
[13] And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
[14] But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
[15] And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
[16] And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
[17] And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
[18] And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
[19] if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
[20] And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
[21] Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
[22] If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
[23] And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
[24] eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
[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.
[27] 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.
[30] If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
[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.
[33] 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.
[36] Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

Exodus 21:3 Heb. with his body
Exodus 21:5 Heb. saying shall say
Exodus 21:8 Heb. be evil in the eyes of, etc
Exodus 21:17 Or, revileth
Exodus 21:18 Or, his neighbour
Exodus 21:19 Ceasing
Exodus 21:20 Heb. avenged

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 21 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ταῦτα () τὰ () δικαιώματα, () ἃ () παραθήσεις () ἐνώπιον () αὐτῶν. ()
[2] Ἐὰν () κτήσῃ () παῖδα () Εβραῖον, () ἓξ () ἔτη () δουλεύσει () σοι· () τῷ () δὲ () ἑβδόμῳ () ἔτει () ἀπελεύσεται () ἐλεύθερος () δωρεάν. ()
[3] Ἐὰν () αὐτὸς () μόνος () εἰσέλθῃ, () καὶ () μόνος () ἐξελεύσεται· () ἐὰν () δὲ () γυνὴ () συνεισέλθῃ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ἐξελεύσεται () καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[4] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () δῷ () αὐτῷ () γυναῖκα, () καὶ () τέκῃ () αὐτῷ () υἱοὺς () ἢ () θυγατέρας, () ἡ () γυνὴ () καὶ () τὰ () παιδία () ἔσται () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτοῦ, () αὐτὸς () δὲ () μόνος () ἐξελεύσεται. ()
[5] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ἀποκριθεὶς () εἴπῃ () ὁ () παῖς () Ἠγάπηκα () τὸν () κύριόν () μου () καὶ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () καὶ () τὰ () παιδία, () οὐκ () ἀποτρέχω ἐλεύθερος· ()
[6] προσάξει () αὐτὸν () ὁ () κύριος () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () τὸ () κριτήριον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () καὶ () τότε () προσάξει () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () θύραν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () σταθμόν, καὶ () τρυπήσει αὐτοῦ () ὁ () κύριος () τὸ () οὖς () τῷ () ὀπητίῳ, καὶ () δουλεύσει () αὐτῷ () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()—
[7] ἐὰν () δέ () τις () ἀποδῶται () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () θυγατέρα () οἰκέτιν, οὐκ () ἀπελεύσεται () ὥσπερ () ἀποτρέχουσιν αἱ () δοῦλαι. ()
[8] Ἐὰν () μὴ () εὐαρεστήσῃ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτῆς () ἣν () αὑτῷ () καθωμολογήσατο, ἀπολυτρώσει αὐτήν· () ἔθνει () δὲ () ἀλλοτρίῳ () οὐ () κύριός () ἐστιν () πωλεῖν () αὐτήν, () ὅτι () ἠθέτησεν () ἐν () αὐτῇ. ()
[9] Ἐὰν () δὲ () τῷ () υἱῷ () καθομολογήσηται αὐτήν, () κατὰ () τὸ () δικαίωμα () τῶν () θυγατέρων () ποιήσει () αὐτῇ. ()
[10] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ἄλλην () λάβῃ () ἑαυτῷ, () τὰ () δέοντα () καὶ () τὸν () ἱματισμὸν () καὶ () τὴν () ὁμιλίαν () αὐτῆς () οὐκ () ἀποστερήσει. ()
[11] Ἐὰν () δὲ () τὰ () τρία () ταῦτα () μὴ () ποιήσῃ () αὐτῇ, () ἐξελεύσεται () δωρεὰν () ἄνευ () ἀργυρίου. ()
[12] Ἐὰν () δὲ () πατάξῃ () τίς () τινα, () καὶ () ἀποθάνῃ, () θανάτῳ () θανατούσθω· ()
[13] ὁ () δὲ () οὐχ () ἑκών, () ἀλλὰ () ὁ () θεὸς () παρέδωκεν () εἰς () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτοῦ, () δώσω () σοι () τόπον, () οὗ () φεύξεται () ἐκεῖ () ὁ () φονεύσας. ()
[14] Ἐὰν () δέ () τις () ἐπιθῆται () τῷ () πλησίον () ἀποκτεῖναι () αὐτὸν () δόλῳ () καὶ () καταφύγῃ, () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () μου () λήμψῃ () αὐτὸν () θανατῶσαι. ()—
[15] ὃς () τύπτει () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () ἢ () μητέρα () αὐτοῦ, () θανάτῳ () θανατούσθω. ()
[16] ὃς () ἐὰν () κλέψῃ () τίς () τινα () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () καὶ () καταδυναστεύσας () αὐτὸν () ἀποδῶται, () καὶ () εὑρεθῇ () ἐν () αὐτῷ, () θανάτῳ () τελευτάτω. ()—
[17] Ὁ () κακολογῶν () πατέρα () αὐτοῦ () ἢ () μητέρα () αὐτοῦ () τελευτήσει () θανάτῳ. ()—
[18] ἐὰν () δὲ () λοιδορῶνται () δύο () ἄνδρες () καὶ () πατάξῃ () τις () τὸν () πλησίον () λίθῳ () ἢ () πυγμῇ, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀποθάνῃ, () κατακλιθῇ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () κοίτην, ()
[19] ἐὰν () ἐξαναστὰς () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () περιπατήσῃ () ἔξω () ἐπὶ () ῥάβδου, () ἀθῷος () ἔσται () ὁ () πατάξας· () πλὴν () τῆς () ἀργίας αὐτοῦ () ἀποτείσει () καὶ () τὰ () ἰατρεῖα.—
[20] ἐὰν () δέ () τις () πατάξῃ () τὸν () παῖδα () αὐτοῦ () ἢ () τὴν () παιδίσκην () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () ῥάβδῳ, () καὶ () ἀποθάνῃ () ὑπὸ () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτοῦ, () δίκῃ () ἐκδικηθήτω. ()
[21] Ἐὰν () δὲ () διαβιώσῃ ἡμέραν () μίαν () ἢ () δύο, () οὐκ () ἐκδικηθήσεται· () τὸ () γὰρ () ἀργύριον () αὐτοῦ () ἐστιν. ()—
[22] ἐὰν () δὲ () μάχωνται () δύο () ἄνδρες () καὶ () πατάξωσιν () γυναῖκα () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἔχουσαν, () καὶ () ἐξέλθῃ () τὸ () παιδίον () αὐτῆς () μὴ () ἐξεικονισμένον, ἐπιζήμιον ζημιωθήσεται· () καθότι () ἂν () ἐπιβάλῃ () ὁ () ἀνὴρ () τῆς () γυναικός, () δώσει () μετὰ () ἀξιώματος·
[23] ἐὰν () δὲ () ἐξεικονισμένον ἦν, () δώσει () ψυχὴν () ἀντὶ () ψυχῆς, ()
[24] ὀφθαλμὸν () ἀντὶ () ὀφθαλμοῦ, () ὀδόντα () ἀντὶ () ὀδόντος, () χεῖρα () ἀντὶ () χειρός, () πόδα () ἀντὶ () ποδός, ()
[25] κατάκαυμα ἀντὶ () κατακαύματος, τραῦμα () ἀντὶ () τραύματος, () μώλωπα () ἀντὶ () μώλωπος. ()—
[26] ἐὰν () δέ () τις () πατάξῃ () τὸν () ὀφθαλμὸν () τοῦ () οἰκέτου () αὐτοῦ () ἢ () τὸν () ὀφθαλμὸν () τῆς () θεραπαίνης αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐκτυφλώσῃ, ἐλευθέρους () ἐξαποστελεῖ () αὐτοὺς () ἀντὶ () τοῦ () ὀφθαλμοῦ () αὐτῶν. ()
[27] Ἐὰν () δὲ () τὸν () ὀδόντα () τοῦ () οἰκέτου () ἢ () τὸν () ὀδόντα () τῆς () θεραπαίνης αὐτοῦ () ἐκκόψῃ, () ἐλευθέρους () ἐξαποστελεῖ () αὐτοὺς () ἀντὶ () τοῦ () ὀδόντος () αὐτῶν. ()
[28] Ἐὰν () δὲ () κερατίσῃ ταῦρος () ἄνδρα () ἢ () γυναῖκα, () καὶ () ἀποθάνῃ, () λίθοις () λιθοβοληθήσεται () ὁ () ταῦρος, () καὶ () οὐ () βρωθήσεται () τὰ () κρέα () αὐτοῦ· () ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () τοῦ () ταύρου () ἀθῷος () ἔσται. ()
[29] Ἐὰν () δὲ () ὁ () ταῦρος () κερατιστὴς ᾖ () πρὸ () τῆς () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () πρὸ () τῆς () τρίτης, () καὶ () διαμαρτύρωνται () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀφανίσῃ () αὐτόν, () ἀνέλῃ () δὲ () ἄνδρα () ἢ () γυναῖκα, () ὁ () ταῦρος () λιθοβοληθήσεται, () καὶ () ὁ () κύριος () αὐτοῦ () προσαποθανεῖται.
[30] Ἐὰν () δὲ () λύτρα () ἐπιβληθῇ () αὐτῷ, () δώσει () λύτρα () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ () ὅσα () ἐὰν () ἐπιβάλωσιν () αὐτῷ. ()
[31] Ἐὰν () δὲ () υἱὸν () ἢ () θυγατέρα () κερατίσῃ, κατὰ () τὸ () δικαίωμα () τοῦτο () ποιήσουσιν () αὐτῷ. ()
[32] Ἐὰν () δὲ () παῖδα () κερατίσῃ ὁ () ταῦρος () ἢ () παιδίσκην, () ἀργυρίου () τριάκοντα () δίδραχμα () δώσει () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ὁ () ταῦρος () λιθοβοληθήσεται. ()—
[33] ἐὰν () δέ () τις () ἀνοίξῃ () λάκκον ἢ () λατομήσῃ () λάκκον καὶ () μὴ () καλύψῃ () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἐμπέσῃ () ἐκεῖ () μόσχος () ἢ () ὄνος, ()
[34] ὁ () κύριος () τοῦ () λάκκου ἀποτείσει· () ἀργύριον () δώσει () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτῶν, () τὸ () δὲ () τετελευτηκὸς () αὐτῷ () ἔσται. ()—
[35] ἐὰν () δὲ () κερατίσῃ τινὸς () ταῦρος () τὸν () ταῦρον () τοῦ () πλησίον, () καὶ () τελευτήσῃ, () ἀποδώσονται () τὸν () ταῦρον () τὸν () ζῶντα () καὶ () διελοῦνται () τὸ () ἀργύριον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸν () ταῦρον () τὸν () τεθνηκότα () διελοῦνται. ()
[36] Ἐὰν () δὲ () γνωρίζηται () ὁ () ταῦρος () ὅτι () κερατιστής ἐστιν () πρὸ () τῆς () ἐχθὲς () καὶ () πρὸ () τῆς () τρίτης () ἡμέρας, () καὶ () διαμεμαρτυρημένοι () ὦσιν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀφανίσῃ () αὐτόν, () ἀποτείσει () ταῦρον () ἀντὶ () ταύρου, () ὁ () δὲ () τετελευτηκὼς () αὐτῷ () ἔσται. ()

Exodus 21:16 Originally verse 21:17.
Exodus 21:17 Originally verse 21:16.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.