DEU 19:21 Parallel View

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ULT And your eyes shall not have pity; a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.

UST You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.

BSB You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth,[fn] hand for hand, and foot for foot.

19:21 Cited in Matthew 5:38

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

NET You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

LSV And your eye does not pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”

FBV Don't show any mercy. The rule is life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

T4T You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.”

LEB You must show no pity:[fn] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”

?:? Literally “And not take pity your eye”

BBE Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

ASV And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DRA Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

YLT and thine eye doth not pity — life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

DBY And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

RV And thine eye shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

WBS And thy eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

KJB And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
(And thine/your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. )

BB And thine eye shall haue no copassion, but lyfe for lyfe, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hande for hande, foote for foote.
(And thine/your eye shall have no copassion, but life for life, eye for eye, toothe for toothe, hand for hand, foot for foote.)

GNV Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.
(Therefore thine/your eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foote. )

CB Thine eye shall not pitie him. Soule for soule, eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hande for hande, fote for fote.
(Thine eye shall not pityhim. Soule for soule, eye for eye, tothe for tothe, hand for hand, foot for fote.)

WYC Thou schalt not haue mercy on hym, but thou schalt axe lijf for lijf, iye for iye, tooth for tooth, hond for hond, foot for foot.
(Thou shalt not have mercy on him, but thou/you shalt axe life for life, iye for iye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.)

LUT Dein Auge soll sein nicht schonen. SeeLE um SeeLE, Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn, Hand um Hand, Fuß um Fuß.
(Dein Auge should his not schonen. SeeLE around/by/for SeeLE, Auge around/by/for Auge, Zahn around/by/for Zahn, Hand around/by/for Hand, Fuß around/by/for Fuß.)

CLV Non misereberis ejus, sed animam pro anima, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede exiges.[fn]
(Non misereberis his, but animam pro anima, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente, manum pro manu, pedem pro pede exiges.)

19.21 Animam pro anima. Qui enim animam errare fecit, venia dignus non est. Dentem pro dente Exod. XXI; Lev. XXIV; Matth. 5.. Verborum virtutem. Dentes enim verba significant secundum illud: Filii hominum, dentes eorum arma Psal. 56.. Et alibi: Dentes ejus lacte, id est lege, candidiores Gen. 29.. Manum, etc. Operationem, ut ea, scilicet. sunt ei utilia aut nociva quæ in alio pervertit.

19.21 Animam pro anima. Who because animam errare fecit, venia dignus not/no est. Dentem pro dente Exod. XXI; Lev. XXIV; Matth. 5.. Verborum virtutem. Dentes because verba significant after/second illud: Filii hominum, dentes eorum arma Psal. 56.. And alibi: Dentes his lacte, id it_is lege, candidiores Gen. 29.. Manum, etc. Operationem, as ea, scilicet. are to_him utilia aut nociva which in alio pervertit.

BRN Thine eye shall not spare him: thou shalt exact life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

BrLXX Οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπʼ αὐτῷ· ψυχὴν ἀντὶ ψυχῆς, ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος, χεῖρα ἀντὶ χειρὸς, πόδα ἀντὶ ποδός.
(Ou feisetai ho ofthalmos sou epʼ autōi; psuⱪaʸn anti psuⱪaʸs, ofthalmon anti ofthalmou, odonta anti odontos, ⱪeira anti ⱪeiros, poda anti podos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶ֑⁠ךָ

and=not show_~_pity eye,you

Here, your eye shall not pity him is an idiom that means “do not feel sorry for him.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And do not let your heart soften towards him” or “And do not have compassion on him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּ⁠נֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּ⁠עַ֨יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּ⁠שֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּ⁠יָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּ⁠רָֽגֶל

creature in/on/at/with,life eye in/on/at/with,eye tooth in/on/at/with,tooth hand in/on/at/with,hand foot in/on/at/with,foot

The implication is that the punishment for a sin must be as severe as the harm that the sinner caused. For example, if someone takes *a life through murder, then they must lose their life through execution. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “someone who takes a life must lose their life, someone who gouges out an eye must lose their eye, someone who knocks out a tooth must lose a tooth, someone who cuts off a hand must lose a hand, and someone who cuts off a foot must lose a foot”

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