Éxodo 21:18

18 Si dos hombres riñen y uno hiere al otro con una piedra o con el puño, y no muere, pero guarda cama,

Éxodo 21:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 21:18

And if men strive together
Quarrel and fight, and wrestle with and box one another:

and one smite another with a stone;
which lying near him he might take up, and in his passion throw it at his antagonist:

or with his fist;
with his double fist, as we express it, with his hand closed, that it might come with the greater force, and give the greater blow:

and he die not, but keepeth his bed;
does not die with the blow of the stone or fist, yet receives so much damage by it that he is obliged to take to his bed; or, as the Targum of Jerusalem paraphrases it, is cast on the bed sick; or, as the Targum of Jonathan, falls into a disease, as a fever, or the like, through the force of the blow, so that he is confined to his room and to his bed.

Éxodo 21:18 In-Context

16 El que secuestre a una persona, ya sea que la venda o sea hallada en su poder, ciertamente morirá.

17 El que maldiga a su padre o a su madre, ciertamente morirá.

18 Si dos hombres riñen y uno hiere al otro con una piedra o con el puño, y no muere, pero guarda cama,

19 y se levanta y anda afuera con su bastón, el que lo hirió será absuelto; sólo pagará por su tiempo perdido, y lo cuidará hasta que esté completamente curado.

20 Si alguno hiere a su siervo o a su sierva con una vara, y muere bajo su mano, será castigado.