Exodus 21:20 - Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever strikes his male or female servant with a staff, and if they have died by his hands, he shall be guilty of a crime.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod and he [or she] dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

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Common English Bible

When a slave owner hits a male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies immediately, the owner should be punished.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that striketh his bondman or bondwoman with a rod, and they die under his hands, shall be guilty of the crime.

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