Exodus 21:26 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 21:26 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
יַכֶּ֨ה
nâkâh
H5221
to strike
אִ֜ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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עֵ֥ין
ʻayin
H5869
eye
עַבְדּ֛וֹ
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אֽוֹ
ʼôw
H176
or
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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עֵ֥ין
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֲמָת֖וֹ
ʼâmâh
H519
maid
וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ
shâchath
H7843
to destroy
לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י
chophshîy
H2670
free
יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ
shâlach
H7971
to send
תַּ֥חַת
tachath
H8478
under
עֵינֽוֹ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
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 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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And if a man hits the eye of his male servant or the eye of his female servant and destroys it, he shall let him go free in compensation for his eye.
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