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English
Etymology
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)
Pronunciation
Proverb
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- (idiomatic) compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.
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Translations
compensation for an injury
- Arabic: الْعَيْن بِالْعَيْن وَالسِّنّ بِالسِّنّ
- Armenian: ակն ընդ ական, ատամն ընդ ատաման (akn ənd akan, atamn ənd ataman)
- Asturian: güeyu por güeyu, diente por diente
- Basque: begia begi truk
- Belarusian: во́ка за во́ка, зуб за зуб (vóka za vóka, zub za zub)
- Bulgarian: о́ко за о́ко, зъб за зъб (óko za óko, zǎb za zǎb)
- Catalan: ull per ull, dent per dent
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 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 (zh) (zhēnfēngxiāngduì), 以眼還眼,以牙還牙 / 以眼还眼,以牙还牙 (zh) (yǐ yǎn huán yǎn, yǐ yá huán yá)
- Czech: oko za oko, zub za zub
- Danish: øje for øje, tand for tand
- Dutch: oog om oog, tand om tand (nl)
- Esperanto: okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento
- Estonian: silm silma, hammas hamba vastu
- Finnish: silmä silmästä, hammas hampaasta; silmä silmästä (short version)
- French: œil pour œil, dent pour dent (fr)
- Galician: ollo por ollo, dente por dente
- Georgian: თვალი თვალის წილ, კბილი კბილის წილ (tvali tvalis c̣il, ḳbili ḳbilis c̣il)
- German: Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn (de)
- Greek: οφθαλμόν αντί οφθαλμού και οδόντα αντί οδόντος (ofthalmón antí ofthalmoú kai odónta antí odóntos)
- Greenlandic: isi isimik, kigut kigummik
- Hebrew: עין תחת עין, שן תחת שן (áyin tákhat áyin, shén tákhat shén)
- Hungarian: szemet szemért, fogat fogért (hu)
- Icelandic: auga fyrir auga, tönn fyrir tönn
- Ido: okulo po okulo e dento po dento
- Interlingua: un oculo pro un oculo
- Irish: súil ar shúil, fiacail ar fhiacail
- Italian: occhio per occhio, dente per dente
- Japanese: 目には目を、歯には歯を (ja) (めにはめを、はにははを, me ni wa me o, ha ni wa ha o), 目には目を (ja) (めにはめを, me ni wa me o), 同害報復 (どうがいほうふく, dōgai hōfuku)
- Kashubian: òkò za òkò, ząb za ząb
- Kazakh: көзге көз, тіске тіс (közge köz, tıske tıs)
- Korean: 눈에는 눈 이에는 이 (nuneneun nun ieneun i)
- Latin: oculum pro oculo dentem pro dente
- Latvian: acs pret aci, zobs pret zobu
- Lithuanian: akis už akį, dantis už dantį
- Macedonian: око за око, заб за заб (oko za oko, zab za zab)
- Maltese: għajn għal għajn, sinna għal sinna
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: øye for øye, tann for tann
- Nynorsk: auge for auge, tann for tann
- Occitan: uèlh per uèlh, dent per dent
- Old English: ēaġe for ēaġe, tōþ for tōþ
- Polish: oko za oko, ząb za ząb (pl)
- Portuguese: olho por olho, dente por dente (pt)
- Romanian: ochi pentru ochi, dinte pentru dinte
- Romansch: egl per egl, dent per dent
- Russian: о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб (ru) (óko za óko, zub za zub)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: о̏ко за о̏ко, зу̑б за зу̑б
- Roman: ȍko za ȍko, zȗb za zȗb
- Slovak: oko za oko, zub za zub
- Slovene: oko za oko, zob za zob
- Sorbian:
- Lower: woko za woko, zub za zub
- Upper: woko za woko, zub za zub
- Spanish: ojo por ojo, diente por diente
- Swedish: öga för öga, tand för tand (sv)
- Telugu: కంటికి కన్ను, పంటికి పన్ను (te) (kaṇṭiki kannu, paṇṭiki pannu)
- Thai: ตาต่อตา ฟันต่อฟัน (th) (dtaa-dtɔ̀ɔ-dtaa fan-dtɔ̀ɔ-fan)
- Turkish: göze göz, dişe diş
- Ukrainian: о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб (óko za óko, zub za zub)
- Vietnamese: ân đền oán trả, ăn miếng trả miếng, có qua có lại (vi)
- Welsh: llygad am lygad a dant am ddant
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