Exodus 21:18
Modern Translations
New International Version
"If people quarrel and one person hits another with a stone or with their fist and the victim does not die but is confined to bed,

New Living Translation
“Now suppose two men quarrel, and one hits the other with a stone or fist, and the injured person does not die but is confined to bed.

English Standard Version
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but takes to his bed,

Berean Study Bible
If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

New American Standard Bible
“Now if people have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

NASB 1995
"If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed,

NASB 1977
“And if men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed;

Amplified Bible
“If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

Christian Standard Bible
“When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or his fist, and the injured man does not die but is confined to bed,

Contemporary English Version
Suppose two of you are arguing, and you hit the other with either a rock or your fist, without causing a fatal injury. If the victim has to stay in bed,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This is what you must do whenever men quarrel and one hits the other with a rock or with his fist and injures him so that he has to stay in bed.

International Standard Version
"If people quarrel and one strikes the other with a rock or his fist, and he does not die but ends up in bed,

NET Bible
"If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

New King James Version
“If men contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

King James 2000 Bible
And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he dies not, but keeps his bed:

New Heart English Bible
"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;

World English Bible
"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;

American King James Version
And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keeps his bed:

American Standard Version
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

A Faithful Version
And if men strive together, and one strikes another with a stone, or with his fist, and he does not die, but is confined to his bed;

Darby Bible Translation
And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to [his] bed,

English Revised Version
And if men contend, and one smiteth the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed:

Webster's Bible Translation
And if men contend together, and one shall smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he shall not die, but keep his bed:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but lieth in bed,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
If men stryue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fyste, and he dye not, but lyeth in his bed:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone, or with his fist, so that he dye not, but lyeth in bedd:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fyste, so that he dye not, but lyeth in bedd:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And when men contend, and a man has struck his neighbor with a stone, or with the fist, and he does not die, but has fallen on the bed;

Young's Literal Translation
'And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

Smith's Literal Translation
And if men shall contend, and a man struck his friend with a stone or with the fist, and he shall not die, and he fell upon the bed:

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

Catholic Public Domain Version
If men will have quarreled, and one of them has struck his neighbor with a stone or a fist, and he does not die, but lies in bed,

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And when two men will fight and a man will strike his neighbor with a stone or by force and he will not die and he will fall ill:

Lamsa Bible
And if two men quarrel, and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is put to bed from the injury:

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if two men revile each other and smite the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed;
















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