KJV King James Version
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
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Exodus 21:33
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
WEB World English Bible
“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,
ASV American Standard Version
And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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,—
Surrounding context — Exodus 21
30 If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
31 Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
34 The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
35 And if one man’s ox hurt another’s, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead [ox] also they shall divide.
36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
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וְכִֽי־H3588 · kiforיִפְתַּ֨חH6605 · pa.tachto openאִ֜ישׁH376 · ishmanבּ֗וֹרH953 · borpitא֠וֹH176 · oorכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיִכְרֶ֥הH3738 · khurto digאִ֛ישׁH376 · ishmanבֹּ֖רH953 · borpitוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיְכַסֶּ֑נּוּH3680 · ka.sahto coverוְנָֽפַל־H5307 · na.phalto fall: fallשָׁ֥מָּהH8033 · shamthereשּׁ֖וֹרH7794 · shorcattleא֥וֹH176 · oorחֲמֽוֹר׃H2543 · cha.mordonkey
Cross-references
Psalm 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.Psalm 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.Ecclesiastes 10:8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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