an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
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an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Where it comes from
Reference to Exodus 21:23-25: "And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe". (King James Version)
proverb
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compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
Similar: tit for tat
Opposite: turn the other cheek
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proverb
Opposite: turn the other cheek
Translations
Every language
proverb compensation for an injury
| Español | ojo por ojo, diente por diente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 눈에는 눈 이에는 이 nuneneun nun ieneun i |
| 日本語 | 目には目を、歯には歯を, 目には目を me ni wa me o, 同害報復 dōgai hōfuku |
| 中文 | 眼還眼，以牙還牙 /眼还眼, 以牙还牙 yǎn huán yǎn, yǐ yá huán yá, 針鋒相對 /针锋相对 zhēnfēngxiāngduì, 以眼還眼，以牙還牙 /以眼还眼, 以牙还牙 yǐ yǎn huán yǎn, yǐ yá huán yá |
| Português | olho por olho, dente por dente |
| Français | œil pour œil, dent pour dent |
| Deutsch | Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn |
| Italiano | occhio per occhio, dente per dente |
| Ελληνικά | οφθαλμόν αντί οφθαλμού και οδόντα αντί οδόντος ofthalmón antí ofthalmoú kai odónta antí odóntos |
| Română | ochi pentru ochi, dinte pentru dinte |
| Русский | о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб óko za óko, zub za zub |
| Tiếng Việt | ân đền oán trả, ăn miếng trả miếng, có qua có lại |
| العربية | الْعَيْن بِالْعَيْن وَالسِّنّ بِالسِّنّ |
| עברית | עין תחת עין, שן תחת שן áyin tákhat áyin, shén tákhat shén |
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