an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

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)

Proverb

 * 1)  compensation for injury caused by a person, in the form of inflicting of an identical injury on that person.

Synonyms

 * tit for tat

Antonyms

 * turn the other cheek

Translations

 * Arabic: الْعَيْن بِالْعَيْن وَالسِّنّ بِالسِّنّ
 * Armenian: ակն ընդ ական, ատամն ընդ ատաման
 * Asturian: güeyu por güeyu, diente por diente
 * Basque: begia begi truk
 * Belarusian: во́ка за во́ка, зуб за зуб
 * Bulgarian: о́ко за о́ко, зъб за зъб
 * Catalan: ull per ull, dent per dent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 眼還眼，以牙還牙, ,
 * Czech: oko za oko, zub za zub
 * Danish: øje for øje, tand for tand
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: okulon pro okulo, denton pro dento
 * Estonian: silm silma, hammas hamba vastu
 * Finnish: silmä silmästä, hammas hampaasta; silmä silmästä
 * French:
 * Galician: ollo por ollo, dente por dente
 * Georgian: თვალი თვალის წილ, კბილი კბილის წილ
 * German:
 * Greek: οφθαλμόν αντί οφθαλμού και οδόντα αντί οδόντος
 * Greenlandic: isi isimik, kigut kigummik
 * Hebrew: עין תחת עין, שן תחת שן
 * Hungarian:
 * 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:, , 同害報復
 * Kashubian: òkò za òkò, ząb za ząb
 * Kazakh: көзге көз, тіске тіс
 * Korean: 눈에는 눈 이에는 이
 * 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
 * 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:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ochi pentru ochi, dinte pentru dinte
 * Romansch: egl per egl, dent per dent
 * Russian:
 * 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:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: göze göz, dişe diş
 * Ukrainian: о́ко за о́ко, зуб за зуб
 * Vietnamese: ân đền oán trả, ăn miếng trả miếng
 * Welsh: llygad am lygad a dant am ddant