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Exodus 21

Ex. 21:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if a man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
smite
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
d the eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of his servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
, or the eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
of his maid
'amah (Hebrew #519)
a maid-servant or female slave
KJV usage: (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Pronounce: aw-maw'
Origin: apparently a primitive word
, that it perish
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
; he shall let him go
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
free
chophshiy (Hebrew #2670)
exempt (from bondage, tax or care)
KJV usage: free, liberty.
Pronounce: khof-shee'
Origin: from 2666
f for
tachath (Hebrew #8478)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
KJV usage: as, beneath, X flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, X unto, X when...was mine, whereas, (where-)fore, with.
Pronounce: takh'-ath
Origin: from the same as 8430
his eye’s
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
sake.
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Eph. 6:9• 9And, masters, do the same things toward them, giving up threatening, knowing that the master both of them and of you is in [the] heavens; and there is no respect of persons with him. (Eph. 6:9)
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Col. 4:1• 1Masters, justice and equity accord to your bondmen, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (Col. 4:1)

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Cross References

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Ex. 21:20• 20And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged. (Ex. 21:20)
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Deut. 16:19• 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Deut. 16:19)
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Neh. 5:5• 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards. (Neh. 5:5)
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Job 31:13‑15• 13If I despised the right of my bondman{HR}Or of my bondmaid, in their contending with me,
 14What then shall I do when God [El] ariseth?{HR}And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
 15In the belly did not he that made me make him?{HR}And did not One fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:13‑15)
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Psa. 9:12• 12For he who inquireth after bloodshed hath remembered them;{HR}He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted. (Psa. 9:12)
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Psa. 10:14,18• 14Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper.
 18To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:14,18)
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Psa. 72:12‑14• 12For he will deliver the needy that crieth{HR}And the afflicted that hath no helper.
 13He will have pity on a poor and needy one,{HR}And the souls of the needy will he save.
 14From fraud and from violence will he redeem their soul,{HR}And precious shall their blood be in his sight. (Psa. 72:12‑14)
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Prov. 22:22‑23• 22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
 23For Jehovah will plead their cause,{HR}And despoil the soul of those that despoil them. (Prov. 22:22‑23)
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Eph. 6:9• 9And, masters, do the same things toward them, giving up threatening, knowing that the master both of them and of you is in [the] heavens; and there is no respect of persons with him. (Eph. 6:9)
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Col. 4:1• 1Masters, justice and equity accord to your bondmen, knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. (Col. 4:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

W. Kelly Translation

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And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)