Exodus 21:34 Parallel Translations
NASB: the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: the owner of the cistern must make up for the loss. He must pay money to the animal's owner, and then the dead animal will be his.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
ASV: the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast'shall be his.
BBE: The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
DBY: the owner of the pit shall make it good, shall give money to the owner of them; and the dead ox shall be his.
ERV: the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
JPS: the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his.
WBS: The owner of the pit shall make compensation, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
WEB: the owner of the pit shall make it good. He shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall be his.
YLT: the owner of the pit doth repay, money he doth give back to its owner, and the dead is his.
Exodus 21:34 Cross References
XREF:Exodus 21:33 "If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Exodus 21:35 "If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 21:34 The owner of the pit shall {y} make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
(y) This law forbids not only to hurt, but to beware lest any be hurt.
MHC: 21:22-36 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.
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