Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:24:
- Kupsabiny: “an eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, leg for leg” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If the woman gets-blinded, he will- also -be-blinded. If a tooth gets-knocked-out, his tooth will- also be -knocked-out. If the hand and foot gets-broken, his hand and foot will- also be -broken.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if the man ruins that woman’s eye, or her tooth, or her hand/arm, or her leg/foot, you (pl.) must do similarly like that to him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “eye with eye, tooth with tooth, hand with hand, foot with foot,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:25:
- Kupsabiny: “burn for burn, wound for wound, scratch for a scratch.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If it-gets-burned, he will- also -be-burned. If it-gets-wounded, he will- also -be-wounded. And if it-gets-bruised, he will- also be -bruised.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if he cooks that woman’s skin with fire, or if he ruins that woman’s body so that she has an injury, or if he strikes her so the her body has a bruise, you (pl.) must do a similar action to that man also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “burn with burn, wound (n) with wound (n), injury with injury.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:26:
- Kupsabiny: “When/If someone beats his male or female slave until the eye bursts, he should release that slave to go away to pay for his/her eye.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If a man hits his manservant or maidservant in the eye and destroys it, he must let the servant go free because of his eye.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If a master hits his male or female slave in the eye and it is-blinded, he should-free him/her from slavery as a payment for the eye that he blinded” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If a man strikes his male or female laborer up in the eye and so he ruins his/her eye, he must allow that laborer to leave him and go. This event serves as the payment for the laborer’s eye.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If a man will hit his slave eye, male or woman, and eye be injured, he must untie him because of his eye.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of what he did to the slave’s eye.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:27:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But if he hits the tooth until it gets out, he should release that slave to go away to pay for his/her tooth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If a man knocks out his manservant or maidservant’s tooth, he shall let him go free because of his tooth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If he knocks-out the tooth of his male or female slave, he should- also -free him/her from slavery as a payment for the tooth that he knocks-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if a man strikes his male or female laborer so that he breaks his/her tooth, he must allow that laborer to leave him and go. This event serves as the payment for the laborer’s tooth.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If he will hit his slave snap tooth, male or woman, he must untie him because of his tooth.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of what he did to the slave’s tooth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:28:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But if someone’s bull knocks a man or a woman to death, nothing will be done to the owner of the ox but the ox is to be stoned until it dies and its meat is not eaten.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox shall be stoned to death and its meat are not to be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held responsible.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If a bull gores a person, man or woman, and this-(one) dies, the bull/(cow) must be-stoned, and its flesh should not be-eaten, but the owner of the bull/(cow) is- not -to-be-held-responsible.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “God spoke again like this, ‘If a bulmakao strikes a man or woman with its horn so that he/she dies, you (pl.) must strike that bulmakao with stones so that it dies. And you can’t/mustn’t eat its meat. But the bulmakao’s owner (lit. father) doesn’t have any bad fault.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If cow will butt a man, male or woman, and he die, let them strike it with stone until it will go die. Its flesh, they must not it eat. But, owner of cow, they must not him bind.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you must kill the bull by throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:29:
- Kupsabiny: “And if that bull has indeed been knocking people for long and the owner had been informed and did not lock the bull inside the grazing area, and it again knocks someone else to death, that bull has to be stoned to death and the owner should also be killed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Unless the ox was known to gorge people in the past, and the owner had been notified and still the ox was not kept under control in that case, if it kills a man or woman, the ox must be stoned to death and the owner also must be killed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if the bull/(cow) has-a-habit of goring people and the owner has-been-warned about this, but he has- just -allowed-to-do-whatever the bull/(cow), and it happens-to-kill a person, it must be-stoned to death and the owner is- also -to-be-killed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But if the bulmakao’s behavior was like that all the time, and so the people made strong talk to the bulmakao’s owner, yet he didn’t put the bulmakao to stay in a pen, and then he struck a man or woman so that he/she died, you (pl.) must strike that bulmakao with stones so that it dies. And you must strike the bulmakao’s owner also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If they warn its owner that that cow butts people, if it again will butt a man and he die, let them strike it with stone [that] it might die, and let them kill its owner also.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you must kill the bull by throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:30:
- Kupsabiny: “And if it is desired that the life of that person is ransomed, then whatever has been judged/decided should be paid.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If he wants to save his life by making payment, he may redeem his life by paying whatever is demanded.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if the owner is-asked/(caused)-to-pay so he can-live, he must pay whatever is asked/(caused)- of him -to-pay.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But if the relatives of the man who died want, the bulmakao’s owner must pay however much they demand to them, and then the bulmakao’s owner won’t die.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If they permit it that owner of cow he might buy his life with money, let him buy it with money which judges say.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine to save his own life/in order not to be executed, he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 21:31:
- Kupsabiny: “That law is also maintained/followed if that bull pierces a boy or girl.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The same law holds if the ox gores a boy or girl.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “It is- also the same rule/(that-which-is-to-be-followed) if the bull/(cow) gores a child, male or female.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And if the bulmakao strikes a male or female child, then you (pl.) will follow this same law also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “If cow your will butt child your, your son or your daughter, this law not [body] be divided.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule.” (Source: Translation for Translators)