Exodus 21:18

With a stone, or with his fist. — Comp. The difference made under the English law between wounding with a sharp or a blunt instrument.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a (n) stone, or with [his] fist, and he die not, but keepeth [his] bed: (n) Either far away f...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

With a stone, or any other instrument fit for such a mischievous purpose. A usual synecdoche.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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And if men strive together, in a quarrel which culminates in physical violence, and one smite another with a stone or with his fist, with a clod,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

men Exodus 21:22 Exodus 2:13 Deuteronomy 25:11 2 Samuel 14:6 another or his neighbour. a stone Exodus 21:20 Numbers 35:16-24

¹⁸ And if men strive together, and one smite anotherd with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

Related Commentaries of Exodus 21:18

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 21:18