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for he <i>is</i> his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If, however, <i>the slave</i> survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for <i>the slave</i> is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if for a day or two he <i>is able to</i> stand, no punishment shall be taken; for he is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the servant survives for a day or two, the offender shall not be punished, for the [injured] servant is his own property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner’s property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if the slave can stand up after a day or two, the owner should not be punished because he is his owner&#8217s property.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />However, if the slave lives a few days after the beating, you are not to be punished. After all, you have already lost the services of that slave who was your property. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But if the slave gets up in a day or two, the owner must not be punished. The slave is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But if the slave does not die for a day or two, the master is not to be punished. The loss of his property is punishment enough. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the servant survives a day or two, the master is not to be punished because the servant is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if he gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for he is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if he shall continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />only if he remains a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />But if a day or two days he shall stand, he shall not be avenged, for he is his silver.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if the party remain alive a day or two, he shall not be subject to the punishment, because it is his money. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if he survives for one day or two, he shall not be subject to punishment, because it is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner’s property.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if the victim is well after a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />However, if one shall live one day or two days, he will not be judged because that is his money.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Notwithstanding if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if <i>the servant</i> continue to live a day or two, let not <i>the master</i> be punished; for he is his money.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/21-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=5312" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/21.htm">Personal Injury Laws</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">However,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ya·‘ă·mōḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">the servant gets up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">after a day</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·w·ma·yim (N-md) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">two,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">the owner shall not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5358.htm" title="5358: yuq·qam (V-QalPass-Imperf-3ms) -- To avenge, take vengeance. A primitive root; to grudge, i.e. Avenge or punish.">be punished,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">since</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">the servant is</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: ḵas·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">his property.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-44.htm">Leviticus 25:44-46</a></span><br />Your menservants and maidservants shall come from the nations around you, from whom you may purchase them. / You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property. / You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-12.htm">Deuteronomy 15:12-18</a></span><br />If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free. / And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed. / You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/24-14.htm">Deuteronomy 24:14-15</a></span><br />Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. / You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/31-13.htm">Job 31:13-15</a></span><br />If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, / what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account? / Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a></span><br />A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/29-21.htm">Proverbs 29:21</a></span><br />A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-7</a></span><br />“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-8.htm">Jeremiah 34:8-17</a></span><br />After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD / that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage. / So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Malachi 3:5</a></span><br />“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/18-23.htm">Matthew 18:23-35</a></span><br />Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. / As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him. / Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-45.htm">Matthew 24:45-51</a></span><br />Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time? / Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. / Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-42.htm">Luke 12:42-48</a></span><br />And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time? / Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. / Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-7.htm">Luke 17:7-10</a></span><br />Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? / Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’? / Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-16.htm">John 13:16</a></span><br />Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-16.htm">Romans 6:16-18</a></span><br />Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness? / But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed. / You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.</p><p 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href="/exodus/21-5.htm">For the servant whose ear is bored</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-7.htm">For women servants</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-12.htm">For manslaughter</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-16.htm">For kidnappers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-17.htm">For cursers of parents</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-18.htm">For smiters</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-22.htm">For a hurt by chance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-28.htm">For an ox that gores</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/21-33.htm">For him who is an occasion of harm</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" 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In the ancient Near Eastern context, servants or slaves were considered part of the household, and their well-being was tied to the economic stability of the family. The law here implies a period of observation to determine the severity of the injury. This reflects a legal principle of assessing the outcome before determining culpability, similar to other ancient legal codes like the Code of Hammurabi. The phrase also suggests a measure of time for healing, indicating that the injury was not fatal.<p><b>the owner shall not be punished,</b><br>The absence of punishment for the owner if the servant recovers indicates a legal distinction between accidental harm and intentional murder. This reflects the broader biblical principle of justice, where intent and outcome are both considered. The law aims to balance the rights of the servant with the economic interests of the owner. This principle is echoed in other parts of the Mosaic Law, where restitution and proportional justice are emphasized (<a href="/exodus/21-23.htm">Exodus 21:23-25</a>).<p><b>since the servant is his property.</b><br>This phrase reflects the cultural and legal realities of the time, where servants were considered property under the law. This status is not an endorsement of slavery but a recognition of the social and economic structures of the ancient world. The Bible elsewhere provides principles that would eventually undermine the institution of slavery, such as the equality of all people before God (<a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>) and the call to love one's neighbor (<a href="/leviticus/19-18.htm">Leviticus 19:18</a>). The New Testament further develops these ideas, with teachings that emphasize the inherent dignity and worth of every individual, as seen in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Exodus, who received the Law from God on Mount Sinai and communicated it to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people to whom the laws in Exodus were given, as they were forming a new society after their liberation from Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/slaves.htm">Slaves</a></b><br>Individuals who were in servitude, often due to debt or as a result of war, and whose treatment is addressed in this passage.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/slave_owners.htm">Slave Owners</a></b><br>Individuals who held slaves and were subject to specific laws regarding their treatment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mount_sinai.htm">Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The place where Moses received the Law from God, including the laws concerning slavery.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_context.htm">Understanding Context</a></b><br>Recognize the historical and cultural context of ancient Israel, where slavery was a common practice, and the laws were given to regulate and mitigate its harshness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/value_of_human_life.htm">Value of Human Life</a></b><br>Despite the cultural acceptance of slavery, the Bible consistently affirms the value and dignity of every human being, created in the image of God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/progressive_revelation.htm">Progressive Revelation</a></b><br>The laws in Exodus reflect a step towards more humane treatment, pointing forward to the fuller revelation of equality and freedom in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/moral_responsibility.htm">Moral Responsibility</a></b><br>Even within the constraints of ancient societal norms, there is an emphasis on the moral responsibility of slave owners to treat their slaves justly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/application_to_modern_contexts.htm">Application to Modern Contexts</a></b><br>Consider how principles of justice, dignity, and equality can be applied in contemporary issues of human rights and labor practices.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_permissible_to_beat_slaves.htm">Is it permissible to beat slaves?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_permit_slavery_in_the_bible.htm">Why did God allow slavery in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_allow_beating_if_servant_survives.htm">In Exodus 21:20–21, why is beating a servant with impunity permitted if the servant survives a day or two? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_lev_25_39-46_differ_on_servitude.htm">Why does the command to release servants (Lev 25:39–46) appear inconsistent with other biblical passages endorsing servitude? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">If he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished.</span>--Comp. the proviso with respect to freemen (<a href="/exodus/21-19.htm" title="If he rise again, and walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.">Exodus 21:19</a>). The notion is, that unless the death follows speedily it must be presumed not to have been intended; and this might be especially presumed in the case of a man killing his slave, since thereby he inflicted on himself a pecuniary loss.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If he continue a day or two -</span> <span class="accented">i.e</span>., "If the slave does not die till a day or two afterwards." Compare the provision in ver. 19, with respect to persons who were not slaves. No special callousness to the sufferings of slaves is implied. <span class="cmt_word">He is</span> <span class="cmt_word">his money.</span> The slave had been purchased for a stun of money, or was at any rate money' s worth; and the master would suffer a pecuniary loss by his death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/21-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">However,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the slave gets up</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲמֹ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·mōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after a day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֛וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two,</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹמַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the owner shall not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be punished,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻקַּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(yuq·qam)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - QalPass - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5358.htm">Strong's 5358: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grudge, avenge, punish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">since</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the slave is]</span><br /><span class="heb">הֽוּא׃</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his property.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַסְפּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḵas·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/21-21.htm">Exodus 21:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/21-21.htm">OT Law: Exodus 21:21 Notwithstanding if he gets up after (Exo. 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