KJV King James Version
The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
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Exodus 21:34
The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
WEB World English Bible
the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
ASV American Standard Version
the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
Surrounding context — Exodus 21
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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Exodus 22:14And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely make [it] good.Exodus 22:6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.Exodus 21:29-30But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
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