Exodus 21
- 1Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them.
- 2If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- 3If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
- 4If 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.
- 5And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free:
- 6Then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post. His master shall bore his ear through with an awl. He shall serve him for ever.
- 7And if a man sell his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
- 8If she does not please her master, who has engaged her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
- 9And if he have engaged her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
- 10If he take him another wife. Her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
- 11And if he do not these three to her, then she shall go out free without money.
- 12He who strikes a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
- 13And if a man does not lie in wait, but God deliver him into his hand. Then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
- 14But if a man come arrogantly on his neighbor, to kill him with guile. You shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
- 15And he who strikes his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
- 16And he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- 17And he who curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
- 18And if men fight, and one strike another with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed:
- 19If he rise again, and walk abroad on his staff, then he shall who struck him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
- 20And if a man strike his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand. He shall be surely punished.
- 21But, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished. For he is his money.
- 22If men fight, and hurt a woman pregnant, so that her baby comes out early, and yet no harm follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay on him. He shall pay as the judges determine.
- 23And if any harm follow, then you shall give life for life,
- 24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- 25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
- 26And if a man strike 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.
- 27And if he strike out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
- 28If 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 clear.
- 29But if the ox were accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman. The ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
- 30If there is laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid on him.
- 31Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
- 32If the ox shall push a male servant or a female servant. He shall give to their master thirty pieces of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
- 33And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it.
- 34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money to the owner of them. The dead beast shall be his.
- 35And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die. Then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. The dead ox also they shall divide.
- 36Or if it is known that the ox has used to push in time past, and his owner has not kept him in. He shall surely pay ox for ox. The dead shall be his own.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 21 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVNow these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.
GIGAKJVNow these are the judgments which you shall set before them.
KJVIf thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
GIGAKJVIf you buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf 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.
KJVAnd if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free:
GIGAKJVAnd if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children. I will not go out free:
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post. His master shall bore his ear through with an awl. He shall serve him for ever.
KJVAnd if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man sell his daughter to be a female servant, she shall not go out as the male servants do.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf she does not please her master, who has engaged her to himself, then he shall let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her.
KJVAnd if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
GIGAKJVAnd if he have engaged her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
KJVIf he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
GIGAKJVIf he take him another wife. Her food, her clothing, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.
KJVAnd if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
GIGAKJVAnd if he do not these three to her, then she shall go out free without money.
KJVHe that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
GIGAKJVHe who strikes a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man does not lie in wait, but God deliver him into his hand. Then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.
KJVBut if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
GIGAKJVBut if a man come arrogantly on his neighbor, to kill him with guile. You shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
KJVAnd he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
GIGAKJVAnd he who strikes his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
KJVAnd he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVAnd he who steals a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
KJVAnd he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVAnd he who curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
KJVAnd if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
GIGAKJVAnd if men fight, and one strike another with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but keeps his bed:
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf he rise again, and walk abroad on his staff, then he shall who struck him be clear: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.
KJVAnd if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man strike his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand. He shall be surely punished.
KJVNotwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
GIGAKJVBut, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished. For he is his money.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf men fight, and hurt a woman pregnant, so that her baby comes out early, and yet no harm follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay on him. He shall pay as the judges determine.
KJVAnd if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,
GIGAKJVAnd if any harm follow, then you shall give life for life,
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man strike 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.
KJVAnd if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
GIGAKJVAnd if he strike out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf 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 clear.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut if the ox were accustomed to push with his horn in time past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman. The ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
KJVIf there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
GIGAKJVIf there is laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid on him.
KJVWhether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
GIGAKJVWhether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf the ox shall push a male servant or a female servant. He shall give to their master thirty pieces of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or a donkey fall in it.
KJVThe owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
GIGAKJVThe owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money to the owner of them. The dead beast shall be his.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die. Then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it. The dead ox also they shall divide.
KJVOr 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.
GIGAKJVOr if it is known that the ox has used to push in time past, and his owner has not kept him in. He shall surely pay ox for ox. The dead shall be his own.
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