"Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot," — Exodus 21:24

Exodus 21:24 · KJV

“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”

— Exodus 21:24

And if {any} mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Exodus 21 — Context

If 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}.

And if {any} mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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.

Cross References

Matthew 7:2

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Deuteronomy 19:21

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

Matthew 5:38-40

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Leviticus 24:19-20

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

Luke 6:38

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Judges 1:6-7

But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Exodus 21:26-27

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.