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Exodus 21:22

World English Bible

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

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Exodus 21:22 in other translations

And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman’s husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Exodus 21:22 · American Standard Version

Exodus 21:22 in context

  1. 20“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, the man shall surely be punished.
  2. 21Notwithstanding, if his servant gets up after a day or two, he shall not be punished, for the servant is his property.
  3. 22“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.
  4. 23But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
  5. 24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,