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Deuteronomy 19:21 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 19 · verse 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.Deuteronomy 19:21 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 19:21 in context
19Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Key words (Strong's)
- toothshêna toothH8127 →
- pitychûwçproperly, to coverH2347 →
- lifenepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
- footregela footH7272 →
- eyeʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deu 19:14. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21