Translations
Modern
If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Traditional
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Literal
And if a man causes disfigurement of his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
Latin
Qui irrogaverit maculam cuilibet civium suorum, sicut fecit, sic fiet ei:
Original
Hebrew
English
If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
Notes
A large group of non-Israelites, including other Semitic people and Egyptians, left Egypt with the Israelites (Exodus 12:38). Among them was a man with an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father. A fight broke out between this man and a full-blooded Israelite. the man who was half-Egyptian verbally cursed the Israelite, using the name of God in a disrespectful manner.
Theme notes and profiles
Parallels
Glossary
Biblical Concept of Law Courts and Trials Deuteronomy, Book of Foreigner History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Naboth Neighbor