Parallel Verses
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:
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.
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.
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.
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
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Restitution
1 If a man steal an ox or sheep and kill it or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief be found breaking up and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him: 3 except the su be up when he is found, then there shall be blood shed for him. A thief shall make restitution: If he have not wherewith, he shall be sold for his theft.
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Cross References
Matthew 24:43
Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knew what hour the thief would come: he would surely watch, and not suffer his house to be broken up.
Numbers 35:27
if the blood avenger find him without the borders of his free town, he shall slay the murderer and be guiltless,
Matthew 6:19-20
"See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Job 24:14
Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.
Job 30:5
And when they were driven forth, men cried after them, as it had been after a thief.
Hosea 7:1
When I undertake to make Israel whole, then the ungraciousness of Ephraim and the wickedness of Samaria cometh to light: then go they about with lies. At home, they be thieves: and without they fall to robbing.
Joel 2:9
They shall come into the city, and run upon the walls; They shall climb up upon the houses, and slip in at the windows like a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come even as a thief in the night.