Deuteronomy 19:21 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English Amplified

Your eyes shall not pity: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Your eyes shall not pity: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English EASY 2024

Do not be sorry for people who are guilty. Punish people as they deserve: a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Don't feel sorry about punishing someone who does wrong. If a life is taken, a life must be paid for it. The rule is an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot—the punishment must equal the crime.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

In such cases show no mercy; the punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Have no pity on him: {Take} a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You must not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

English KJV 1611

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Thus your eye shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You must not show pity. But life will be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Do not look on such a man with pity. Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Don't feel sorry for that evil person. A life must be taken for a life. An eye must be put out for an eye. A tooth must be knocked out for a tooth. A hand must be cut off for a hand and a foot for a foot.

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English NKJ 1982

Your eye shall not pity: life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

You must never show pity! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Your eye shall not pity; it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You shall not show pity to a false witness. Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; this is your rule in such cases.

English Tyndale 1537

And let thine eye have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.