Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,
A Conservative Version
If the thief is found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
American Standard Version
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
Amplified
“If a thief is caught breaking in [after dark] and is struck [by the owner] so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him.
Darby Translation
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
Julia Smith Translation
If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him.
King James 2000
If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he dies, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.
Modern King James verseion
If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, no blood shall be shed for him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If a thief be found breaking up and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him:
NET Bible
"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.
New Heart English Bible
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
The Emphasized Bible
If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood:
Webster
If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
World English Bible
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
Youngs Literal Translation
'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;
Themes
Bullock (ox) » Laws concerning » Theft of
Homicide » Justifiable, described as » Killing a thief in the night
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Restitution
Recompense/restitution » The eye for an eye law
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 22:2
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Context Readings
Laws About Restitution
1 If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made. 2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood. 3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.
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Cross References
Matthew 24:43
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
Numbers 35:27
And the giver of punishment, meeting him outside the walls of the town, puts him to death, he will not be responsible for his blood:
Matthew 6:19-20
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Job 24:14
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
Job 30:5
They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves
Hosea 7:1
When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.
Joel 2:9
They make a rush on the town, running on the wall; they go up into the houses and in through the windows like a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.