2007-09-23 02:02:18 · 9 answers · asked by momo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
fifthhorseman says it has something to do with the bible? how can this possibly be from the bible? why would god want us to get back at people when they do something bad to us?
2007-09-23 02:16:33 · update #1
It's one of the bible stories to point out wrong!!
Eye for an eye and tooth for tooth.
It's universal and in all languages and it points out that revenge is a sin .
2007-09-27 01:34:41 · answer #1 · answered by Pacito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes this rule is misinterpreted. It means that you should dispense equal justice. For example, if someone robs you, you shouldn't put him/her to death! In ancient, biblical times the death penalty was used for minor crimes or actions considered sins. This was an attempt to civilize the system of justice. We do it today; if a minor commits a misdemeanor, we sometime sentence him or her to community service rather than jail, to pay the community back for the crime committed.
2007-09-23 02:28:23 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a basic rule of life and is a bible quote. It basically means "What ever you do to me I get to do to you." You hurt someone in my family I hurt someone in your family.
2007-09-23 02:11:52 · answer #3 · answered by fifthhorseman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this saying exists in many different languages,
german = Auge um Auge, Zahn um Zahn,
french = œil pour œil, dent pour dent,
and it does come from the bible.
nowadays, it's the very principle of the vendetta.
2007-09-23 02:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about "blind leading the blind"? I don't see anything wrong with an eye for an eye
2007-09-23 02:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by Summer C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth etc
it basicaly means,
however you hurt me, i will hurt you back,
if you hurt my eye, i will hurt yours, you know what i mean???
2007-09-23 02:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by david k 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means everything balances out in the end.
2007-09-23 02:16:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
it means what you do to me ill do back to you in an equal ammount....like you hit me in my eye and ill hit you back in your eye...chop my arm off ill chop your arm off
2007-09-23 02:13:07 · answer #8 · answered by Ispeakfreely 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you steal from me than I can steal from you etc
2007-09-23 02:38:37 · answer #9 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋