Deuteronomy 19:21

Deuteronomy 19:13; Exodus 21:23-25; Leviticus 24:17-21; Matthew 5:38; Matthew 5:39

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 19:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 19:14 to Deuteronomy 25:19 . Consists of miscellaneous laws having no apparent connexion with D's great law of the centralisation of...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

eye . Figure of speech Prosopopoeia (App-6). life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Compare Exodus 21:23-25 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Life - for life, eye for ey...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Cities of Refuge. Punishment of Deceit and False Witness 1-13. On the Cities of Refuge see Numbers 35:9-34 and notes there.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See on Exodus 21:23 and cp. Leviticus 24:20 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 19:15-21 . FALSE TESTIMONY. The law of retaliation is sternly laid down here; but it must be administered by the judges, not by men a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF ISRAELITE LIFE IT has often and justly been said that the life of Israel is so entirely founded on the grace and favor of...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Still with his mind on the fact that the people were coming into the land, Moses made further applications of the laws to the new conditions. His wor...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was not the suretyship of JESUS pointed out in this law? Did not JESUS when redeeming his people, give an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth? Wa...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thine eye shall not pity ,.... The false witness when convicted; this is directed to the judges, who should not spare such an one through favour...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thine eye shall not pity; [but] life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Ver. 21. Eye for eye, to...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

An eye for an eye What punishment the law allotted to the accused, if he had been convicted, the same was the false accuser to bear.
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CITIES OF REFUGE (vs.1-13) We have seen in Deuteronomy 4:41-43 that Moses set aside three cities east of the Jordan as cities of refuge. Now Mo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

False Witnesses. B. C. 1451. 14 Thou...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What punishment he intended or the law allotted to the accused, if he had been convicted, the same shall the false accuser bear. Of this law see on...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Evidence Required Before Conviction For A Crime: The Punishment of False Witnesses ( Deuteronomy 19:15-21 ). The section on justice and the g...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—This and the next two Chapter s contain enactments designed to protect human life, and to impress its sanctity on Israel.— Speak. C...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 19:14 . Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark. This prohibition was salutary in preserving the public peace; it also extended...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION LAWS CONCERNING CITIES OF REFUGE . LANDMARKS NOT TO BE REMOVED . LAWS CONCERNING WITNESSES . Deuteronomy 19...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Precepts Regarding Witnesses
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, namely, in punishing the false...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Eye for eye — What punishment the law allotted to the accused, if he had been convicted, the same shall the false accuser bear.

²¹ And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 19:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 19:21