Exodus 21:34
“The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money vnto the owner of them, and the dead beast shalbe his.”
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Exodus 21:34 Context
32If the oxe shall push a man seruant, or a mayd seruant, hee shall giue vnto their master thirty shekels, and the oxe shalbe stoned. 33¶ And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall digge a pit, and not couer it, and an oxe or an asse fall therein: 34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and giue money vnto the owner of them, and the dead beast shalbe his. 35¶ And if one mans oxe hurt anothers, that he die, then they shall sell the liue oxe, and diuide the money of it, and the dead oxe also they shall diuide. 36Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in, hee shall surely pay oxe for oxe, and the dead shall be his owne.
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The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
- King James Version
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead {animal} shall become his.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead `beast' shall be his.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
- Basic English Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead [ox] shall be his.
- Darby Bible
The owner of the pit shall make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
- Webster's Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
- World English Bible
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
- Youngs Literal Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible