| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ex 21:26 | Strong Concordance | And if a man [0376] smite [05221] the eye [05869] of his servant [05650], or the eye [05869] of his maid [0519], that it perish [07843]; he shall let him go [07971] free [02670] for [08478] his eye's [05869] sake. |
| King James | And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Freedom was the proper equivalent for permanent injury. |