Exodus 21:22
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If men strive,.... Quarrel and fight with one another, which is to be understood of Hebrews, as Aben Ezra observes:…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Exodus 21:22-25
The rule would seem to refer to a case in which the wife of a man interfered in a quarrel. This law, “the jus talionis,”…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And hurt a woman with child - As a posterity among the Jews was among the peculiar promises of their covenant, and as…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 21:22-36
Observe here,
I. The particular care which the law took of women with child, that no hurt should be done them which…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Injury arising to a pregnant woman out of an affray.
And if men strive together i.e. quarrel and fight, ch. Exo 2:13;…