MAT 5:38 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “You’ve all heard it said that it’s an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth,

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye in exchange for an eye, and a tooth in exchange for a tooth.’

UST You know that God said, ‘You must punish people in a way that matches how they hurt others. For example, consider a person who blinded someone. You should punish that person by blinding him or her too. Consider a person who knocked out someone’s tooth. You should punish that person by knocking out his or her tooth too.’

BSB § You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’[fn]

5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21

AICNT “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’[fn]

5:38, Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21

OEB ‘You have heard that it was said – “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.”

WEBBE “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “You have heard that it was said, ‘ An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

LSV You heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

FBV You've heard that the law said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’[fn]

5:38 Quoting Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21.

TCNT “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

T4T “You have heard your religious teachers say that it is written {Moses wrote}, ‘Retaliate like this: If someone damages one of your eyes, someone should damage one of that person’s eyes. If someone damages one of your teeth, someone should damage one of that person’s teeth.’

LEB “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’[fn]

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BBE You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

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Wymth "You have heard that it was said, `Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.'

ASV Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

DRA You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

YLT 'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

Drby Ye have heard that it has been said, Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

RV Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Wbstr Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

KJB-1769 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
(¶ Ye/You_all have heard that it hath/has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Yee haue heard that it hath beene said, An eie for an eie, and a tooth for a tooth.
(¶ Ye/You_all have heard that it hath/has been said, An eie for an eie, and a tooth for a tooth.)

5:38 Exod. 21. 24. leuit.24 20. deut.19 21.

Bshps Ye haue hearde, that it is sayde, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
(Ye/You_all have heard, that it is said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.)

Gnva Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
(Ye/You_all have heard that it hath/has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. )

Cvdl Ye haue herde howe it is sayde: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth.
(Ye/You_all have heard how it is said: An eye for an eye, a toth for a toth.)

TNT ye have hearde how it ys sayd an eye for an eye: a tothe for a tothe.
(ye have heard how it is said an eye for an eye: a tothe for a tothe. )

Wycl Ye han herd that it hath be seid, Iye for iye, and tothe for tothe.
(Ye/You_all have herd that it hath/has be said, Iye for iye, and tothe for tothe.)

Luth Ihr habt gehört, daß da gesagt ist: Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn.
(You have gehört, that there said ist: Auge around/by/for Auge, Zahn around/by/for Zahn.)

ClVg Audistis quia dictum est: Oculum pro oculo, et dentem pro dente.[fn]
(Audistis because dictum it_is: Oculum for oculo, and dentem for dente. )

5.38 Audistis. AUG. Lex modum ultionis instituit: oculum pro oculo. Quod si dici potest, etc., usque ad sed pro dilectione justitiæ, justum pro injusto, quod est bonum pro malo, quod etiam judex facit. Quod dicit, oculum pro oculo, dentem pro dente: non alterum vult tollere, sed utrumque conservare, dum minatur talionem. Quam etiam cum modo facit, ut injuriam vindicta non transeat: et hæc est pacis inchoatio, et quasi justitiæ incœptio.

5.38 Audistis. AUG. Lex modum ultionis instituit: oculum for oculo. That when/but_if dici potest, etc., until to but for dilectione justitiæ, justum for injusto, that it_is bonum for malo, that also yudex facit. That dicit, oculum for oculo, dentem for dente: not/no alterum vult tollere, but utrumque conservare, dum minatur talionem. Quam also when/with modo facit, as inyuriam vindicta not/no transeat: and these_things it_is pacis inchoatio, and as_if justitiæ incœptio.

UGNT ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη, ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος.
(aʸkousate hoti errethaʸ, ofthalmon anti ofthalmou kai odonta anti odontos.)

SBL-GNT Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη· Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος.
(Aʸkousate hoti errethaʸ; Ofthalmon anti ofthalmou kai odonta anti odontos.)

TC-GNT Ἠκούσατε ὅτι [fn]ἐρρέθη, Ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος·
(Aʸkousate hoti errethaʸ, Ofthalmon anti ofthalmou, kai odonta anti odontos; )

5:38 ερρεθη ¦ ερρηθη TH

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἐρρέθη

˱it˲_/was/_said

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God commanded” or “Moses said”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

ἐρρέθη

˱it˲_/was/_said

Here Jesus quotes from the Old Testament scriptures. These words can be found in Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; and Deuteronomy 19:21. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could format these words in a different way and include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “it was commanded in the law”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ καὶ ὀδόντα ἀντὶ ὀδόντος

eye for /an/_eye and tooth for /a/_tooth

Here Jesus implies that this command deals with the proper way to punish people when they injure others. The command indicates that the punishment should match what the person did to hurt another person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “If someone injured another person’s eye, his or her eye should be injured as punishment; if someone injured another person’s tooth, his or her tooth should be injured as punishment” or “If you hurt someone’s eye, your eye will be hurt; if you hurt someone’s tooth, your tooth will be hurt”

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