Exodus 21:23
Good News Translation
But if the woman herself is injured, the punishment shall be life for life,

New Revised Standard Version
If any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

Contemporary English Version
But if she is seriously injured, the payment will be life for life,

New American Bible
But if injury ensues, you shall give life for life,

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life,

life for life

Numbers 35:31 You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood, but he shall die forthwith.

Context
Personal Injury Laws
22If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award. 23But if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life,24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,…
Cross References
Leviticus 24:19
He that giveth a blemish to any of his neighbours: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

Leviticus 24:20
Breach for breach, eye for ere, tooth for tooth, shall he restore. What blemish he gave, the like shall he be compelled to suffer.

Deuteronomy 19:21
Thou shalt not pity him, but shalt require life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Exodus 21:22
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