Exodus 21 Young's Literal Translation

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OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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Protestant (66 books)
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1898
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1 'And these [are] the judgments which thou dost set before them:

1 Y ESTOS son los derechos que les propondrás.

2 'When thou buyest a Hebrew servant — six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

2 Si comprares siervo hebreo, seis años servirá; mas el séptimo saldrá horro de balde.

3 if by himself he cometh in, by himself he goeth out; if he [is] owner of a wife, then his wife hath gone out with him;

3 Si entró solo, solo saldrá: si tenía mujer, saldrá él y su mujer con él.

4 if his lord give to him a wife, and she hath borne to him sons or daughters — the wife and her children are her lord's, and he goeth out by himself.

4 Si su amo le hubiere dado mujer, y ella le hubiere parido hijos ó hijas, la mujer y sus hijos serán de su amo, y él saldrá solo.

5 'And if the servant really say: I have loved my lord, my wife, and my sons — I do not go out free;

5 Y si el siervo dijere: Yo amo á mi señor, á mi mujer y á mis hijos, no saldré libre:

6 then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him — to the age.

6 Entonces su amo lo hará llegar á los jueces, y harále llegar á la puerta ó al poste; y su amo le horadará la oreja con lesna, y será su siervo para siempre.

7 'And when a man selleth his daughter for a handmaid, she doth not go out according to the going out of the men-servants;

7 Y cuando alguno vendiere su hija por sierva, no saldrá como suelen salir los siervos.

8 if evil in the eyes of her lord, so that he hath not betrothed her, then he hath let her be ransomed; to a strange people he hath not power to sell her, in his dealing treacherously with her.

8 Si no agradare á su señor, por lo cual no la tomó por esposa, permitirle ha que se rescate, y no la podrá vender á pueblo extraño cuando la desechare.

9 'And if to his son he betroth her, according to the right of daughters he doth to her.

9 Mas si la hubiere desposado con su hijo, hará con ella según la costumbre de las hijas.

10 'If another [woman] he take for him, her food, her covering, and her habitation, he doth not withdraw;

10 Si le tomare otra, no disminuirá su alimento, ni su vestido, ni el débito conyugal.

11 and if these three he do not to her, then she hath gone out for nought, without money.

11 Y si ninguna de estas tres cosas hiciere, ella saldrá de gracia sin dinero.

12 'He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

12 El que hiriere á alguno, haciéndole así morir, él morirá.

13 as to him who hath not laid wait, and God hath brought to his hand, I have even set for thee a place whither he doth flee.

13 Mas el que no armó asechanzas, sino que Dios [lo] puso en sus manos, entonces yo te señalaré lugar al cual ha de huir.

14 'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

14 Además, si alguno se ensoberbeciere contra su prójimo, y lo matare con alevosía, de mi altar lo quitarás para que muera.

15 'And he who smiteth his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

15 Y el que hiriere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.

16 'And he who stealeth a man, and hath sold him, and he hath been found in his hand, is certainly put to death.

16 Asimismo el que robare una persona, y la vendiere, ó se hallare en sus manos, morirá.

17 'And he who is reviling his father or his mother is certainly put to death.

17 Igualmente el que maldijere á su padre ó á su madre, morirá.

18 '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;

18 Además, si algunos riñeren, y alguno hiriere á su prójimo con piedra ó con el puño, y no muriere, pero cayere en cama;

19 if he rise, and hath gone up and down without on his staff, then hath the smiter been acquitted; only his cessation he giveth, and he is thoroughly healed.

19 Si se levantare y anduviere fuera sobre su báculo, entonces será el que le hirió absuelto: solamente le satisfará lo que estuvo parado, y hará que le curen.

20 'And when a man smiteth his man-servant or his handmaid, with a rod, and he hath died under his hand — he is certainly avenged;

20 Y si alguno hiriere á su siervo ó á su sierva con palo, y muriere bajo de su mano, será castigado:

21 only if he remain a day, or two days, he is not avenged, for he [is] his money.

21 Mas si durare por un día ó dos, no será castigado, porque su dinero es.

22 'And when men strive, and have smitten a pregnant woman, and her children have come out, and there is no mischief, he is certainly fined, as the husband of the woman doth lay upon him, and he hath given through the judges;

22 Si algunos riñeren, é hiriesen á mujer preñada, y ésta abortare, pero sin haber muerte, será penado conforme á lo que le impusiere el marido de la mujer y juzgaren los árbitros.

23 and if there is mischief, then thou hast given life for life,

23 Mas si hubiere muerte, entonces pagarás vida por vida,

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

24 Ojo por ojo, diente por diente, mano por mano, pie por pie,

25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

25 Quemadura por quemadura, herida por herida, golpe por golpe.

26 'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

26 Y cuando alguno hiriere el ojo de su siervo, ó el ojo de su sierva, y lo entortare, darále libertad por razón de su ojo.

27 and if a tooth of his man-servant or a tooth of his handmaid he knock out, as a freeman he doth send him away for his tooth.

27 Y si sacare el diente de su siervo, ó el diente de su sierva, por su diente le dejará ir libre.

28 'And when an ox doth gore man or woman, and they have died, the ox is certainly stoned, and his flesh is not eaten, and the owner of the ox [is] acquitted;

28 Si un buey acorneare hombre ó mujer, y de resultas muriere, el buey será apedreado, y no se comerá su carne; mas el dueño del buey será absuelto.

29 and if the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he doth not watch it, and it hath put to death a man or woman, the ox is stoned, and its owner also is put to death.

29 Pero si el buey era acorneador desde ayer y antes de ayer, y á su dueño le fué hecho requerimiento, y no lo hubiere guardado, y matare hombre ó mujer, el buey será apedreado, y también morirá su dueño.

30 'If atonement is laid upon him, then he hath given the ransom of his life, according to all that is laid upon him;

30 Si le fuere impuesto rescate, entonces dará por el rescate de su persona cuanto le fuere impuesto.

31 whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment it is done to him.

31 Haya acorneado hijo, ó haya acorneado hija, conforme á este juicio se hará con él.

32 'If the ox gore a man-servant or a handmaid, thirty silver shekels he doth give to their lord, and the ox is stoned.

32 Si el buey acorneare siervo ó sierva, pagará treinta siclos de plata su señor, y el buey será apedreado.

33 'And when a man doth open a pit, or when a man doth dig a pit, and doth not cover it, and an ox or ass hath fallen thither, —

33 Y si alguno abriere hoyo, ó cavare cisterna, y no la cubriere, y cayere allí buey ó asno,

34 the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.

34 El dueño de la cisterna pagará el dinero, resarciendo á su dueño, y lo que fué muerto será suyo.

35 'And when a man's ox doth smite the ox of his neighbour, and it hath died, then they have sold the living ox, and halved its money, and also the dead one they do halve;

35 Y si el buey de alguno hiriere al buey de su prójimo, y éste muriere, entonces venderán el buey vivo, y partirán el dinero de él, y también partirán el muerto.

36 or, it hath been known that the ox is [one] accustomed to gore heretofore, and its owner doth not watch it, he certainly repayeth ox for ox, and the dead is his.

36 Mas si era notorio que el buey era acorneador de ayer y antes de ayer, y su dueño no lo hubiere guardado, pagará buey por buey, y el muerto será suyo.

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Quotes verse 21:17 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily LI)
For, "honor," saith He, "thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest live long upon the earth." And again, "He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death." But He, omitting the first, the reward appointed for them that honor their parents, states that which is more awful, the punishment, I mean, threatened to such as dishonor them; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
Quotes verse 21:17 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VII)
… put no obstacle to godliness in our way, if we are ever carried away by ingratitude, and, forgetting their benefits to us, hold them in contempt, then the oracle will have place which says, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
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