Exodus 21:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְכִֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יְרִיבֻ֣ן
rîyb
H7378
to contend
אֲנָשִׁ֔ים
ʼîysh
H376
man
וְהִכָּה
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
אִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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רֵעֵ֔הוּ
rêaʻ
H7453
friend
בְּאֶ֖בֶן
ʼeben
H68
stone
א֣וֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
בְאֶגְרֹ֑ף
ʼegrôph
H106
fist
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָמ֖וּת
mûwth
H4191
to die
וְנָפַ֥ל
nâphal
H5307
to fall
לְמִשְׁכָּֽב
mishkâb
H4904
bed
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
"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;
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King James Version Public Domain
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If men fight and a man hits his neighbor with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but falls to bed,
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