Exodus 21:21

However, if the injured servant ¹  survives one or two days, the owner ²  will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss. ³ 

biblegateway Exo 21:21

but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.

biblegateway Exo 21:21

"If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property.

biblegateway Exo 21:21

If the slave recovers after a couple of days, however, then the owner should not be punished, since the slave is the owner’s property.

biblegateway Exo 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, he's not to be avenged--the slave is the owner's property.

SABDAweb Exo 21:21

But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

bibleoremus Exo 21:21

But if the slave survives a day or two, there is no punishment; for the slave is the owner’s property.

biblegateway Exo 21:21

"Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

biblegateway Exo 21:21

However, if the injured servant ¹  survives one or two days, the owner ²  will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “if he”; the referent (the servant struck and injured in the previous verse) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the owner of the injured servant) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn This last clause is a free paraphrase of the Hebrew, “for he is his money” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “his property.” It seems that if the slave survives a couple of days, it is probable that the master was punishing him and not intending to kill him. If he then dies, there is no penalty other than that the owner loses the slave who is his property – he suffers the loss.