Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

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

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If a thief
גּנּב 
Gannab 
Usage: 17

be found
מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

מחתּרת 
Machtereth 
Usage: 2

and be smitten
נכה 
Nakah 
Usage: 501

that he die
מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

דּם 
Dam 
Usage: 359

References

Context Readings

Laws About Restitution

1 A man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it. He must pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. 2 If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. 3 But if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of murder. A thief must make up for what he has stolen. If he is unable to do so, he should be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole.

Cross References

Matthew 24:43

Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.

Numbers 35:27

If the relative who can avenge the death finds you outside the city of refuge and kills you, the relative is not guilty of murder.

Matthew 6:19-20

Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.

Job 30:5

They are driven from the community. People shout at them in the same way they shout at thieves.

Hosea 7:1

When I want to heal my people Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their wickedness and the evil deeds of Samaria. They cheat one another. They break into houses and steal. They actually rob people in the streets.

Joel 2:9

They rush to the city. They run on the wall. They climb into the houses. They enter in at the windows like a thief.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you know perfectly that the Day of Jehovah will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14)

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