Exodus 22:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 22:4

2 If the thief is found ^abreaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be ^bno guilt for his bloodshed.

3 If the sun has risen on him, there shall be guilt for his bloodshed. He should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be ^asold for his theft.

4 If the theft is certainly^a found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall ^brestore double.

5 “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

6 “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

7 “If a man ^adelivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, ^bif the thief is found, he shall pay double.

8 If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the ^ajudges to see whether he has put his hand into his neighbor’s goods.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 22:4

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American Standard Version
If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Amplified® Bible
If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 22:2)

Darby English Version
If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.

Good News Bible
(SEE 22:2)

King James Version
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

New American Standard Bible
"If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

New International Version
"If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

New King James Version
If the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether it is an ox or donkey or sheep, he shall restore double.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"If what he stole people actually find alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.

Revised Standard Version
but if the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodguilt for him.

Young's Literal Translation
if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep -- double he repayeth.

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