Exodus 21:30

Exodus 21:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)However, if payment is demanded, the owner may redeem his life by the payment of whatever is demanded.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If a ransom is imposed on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is imposed on him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life, whatever is imposed on him.

Context of Exodus 21:30

28“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. 29If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him. 31Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule. 32If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Exodus 21:30 word by word

אִם־כֹּ֖פֶר יוּשַׁ֣ת עָלָ֑יו וְנָתַן֙ פִּדְיֹ֣ן נַפְשׁ֔וֹ כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יוּשַׁ֖ת עָלָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• a ransomכֹּפֶרkôpher · ransomH3724
• demandedשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• of him, then he shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: payH5414
• for the redemptionפִּדְיוֹןpidyôm pidyôm pidyôn pidyôn · redemptionH6306
• of his lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• whateverכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• whateverאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834

Cross-references for Exodus 21:30

• Exodus 21:22“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.
• Exodus 30:12“When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them.
• Numbers 35:31Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death.
• Proverbs 13:8The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke.

Commentaries on Exodus 21:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30If there be laid on him a sum of money - the ransom of his life - So it appears that, though by the law he forfeited his life, yet this might be commuted for a pecuniary mulct, at which the life of the deceased might be valued by the magistrates.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28-32Verses 28-32 The animal was slain as a tribute to the sanctity of human life (Compare the marginal references and Genesis 4:11). It was stoned, and its flesh was treated as carrion. Guilty negligence on the part of its owner was reckoned a capital offence, to be commuted for a fine. In the case of a slave, the payment was the standard price of a slave, thirty shekels of silver. See Leviticus 25:44-46; Leviticus 27:3, and the marginal references for the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-36Verses 22-36 The cases here mentioned give rules of justice then, and still in use, for deciding similar matters. We are taught by these laws, that we must be very careful to do no wrong, either directly or indirectly. If we have done wrong, we must be very willing to make it good, and be desirous that nobody may lose by us.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-32If an animal caused a person’s death and the owner was judged to be negligent, the relatives of the deceased could demand the death penalty for both the animal and its owner. However, that penalty was not mandatory, and the relatives could elect to accept compensation (21:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3628-36. If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die--For the purpose of sanctifying human blood, and representing all injuries affecting life in a serious light, an animal that occasioned death was to be killed or suffer punishment proportioned to the degree of damage it had caused. Punishments are still inflicted on this principle in Persia and other countries of the East; and among a rude people greater effect is thus produced in inspiring caution, and…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 21:30

• Animals
• Bullock
• Damages and Compensation
• Homicide
• Property
• Ransom
• Restitution
• Trespass

In the dictionaries

• Book
• Crucifixion
• Determine
• Gore
• Push
• Quit
• Ransom
• Redemption
• Wont
• Bible, the

Commentaries on Exodus 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings