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].
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Si des hommes se querellent, et qu'ils heurtent une femme enceinte, et la fassent accoucher, sans autre accident, ils seront punis d'une amende imposée par le mari de la femme, et qu'ils paieront devant les juges.
KJV
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].
Philo Judaeus
De Congressu Eruditionis Gratia
ἐπιβάλῃ ὁ ἀνὴρ τῆς γυναικός, δώσει μετὰ ἀξιώματος· ἐὰν δὲ ἐξεικονισμένον ᾖ, δώσει ψυχὴν ἀντὶ ψυχῆς“ (Exod. 21,22.23). οὐ γὰρ ἦν ὅμοιον, τέλειόν τε καὶ ἀτελὲς διανοίας ἔργον διαφθεῖραι, οὐδὲ εἰκαζόμενον καὶ καταλαμβανόμενον, οὐδὲ ἐλπιζόμενον καὶ ἤδη ὑπάρχον. διὰ τοῦτο ὅπου μὲν ἐπι…
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
αν. ἀποτινέτω πάνθ’ ὅσα παρὰ τὸν χρόνον τῆς κατακλίσεως ἀνάλωσε καὶ ὅσα τοῖς ἰατροῖς ἔδωκεν. 15 sqq. Exod. 21,22. 23. (cf. loseph. Ant. lud. IV § 278.) τάξεις καὶ ποιότητας ἀπειληφότων, θνῃσκέτω. τὸ γὰρ τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν, ὃν ἐν τῷ τῆς φύσεως ἐργαστηρίῳ διεχρήσατο μήπω καιρὸ…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ne incurs the guilt of murder through killing a man by chance. Objection 2: Further, it is written ( Ex. 21:22 ): "If . . . one strike a woman with child, and she miscarry indeed . . . if her death ensue thereupon, he shall render life for life." Yet this may happen without any i…
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