If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child. This is a casualty that must frequently have happened, with or without bad consequences to the wife, whose concern for her husband's safety might have led her, at great risk to herself, to interpose for the separation of the combatants.
So that her fruit depart from her, [ wªyaatsª'uw (H3318 ) yªlaadeyhaa (H3206 ); Septuagint, kai exelthee to paidion autees, and yet no mischief follow, [ wªlo' (H3808 ) yihªyeh (H1961 ) 'aacown (H611 ); Septuagint, mee exeikonismenon]: he shall be surely punished х `aanowsh (H6064) yee`aaneesh (H6064)] - he shall be surely amerced (a totally different phrase from that which is used in the preceding verse) in a fine imposed by her husband, which, if unreasonably heavy, shall be modified by the decision of judges.