Exodus 21:22

¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart [from her], and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges [determine].

If men {H582} strive {H5327}, and hurt {H5062} a woman {H802} with child {H2030}, so that her fruit {H3206} depart {H3318} from her, and yet no mischief follow {H611}: he shall be surely {H6064} punished {H6064}, according as the woman's {H802} husband {H1167} will lay {H7896} upon him; and he shall pay {H5414} as the judges {H6414} determine.

"If people are fighting with each other and happen to hurt a pregnant woman so badly that her unborn child dies, then, even if no other harm follows, he must be fined. He must pay the amount set by the woman's husband and confirmed by judges.

If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 22:18 (6 votes)

    And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;

  • Deuteronomy 22:19 (6 votes)

    And they shall amerce him in an hundred [shekels] of silver, and give [them] unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

  • Exodus 21:30 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 16:18 (2 votes)

    ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.