Parallel Verses
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;
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.
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.
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 'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep. 2 'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him; 3 if the sun hath risen upon him, blood is for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;
Names
Cross References
Matthew 24:43
and this know, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief doth come, he had watched, and not suffered his house to be broken through;
Numbers 35:27
and the redeemer of blood hath found him at the outside of the border of the city of his refuge, and the redeemer of blood hath slain the man-slayer, blood is not for him;
Matthew 6:19-20
'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,
Job 24:14
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Job 30:5
From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),
Hosea 7:1
'When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For they have wrought falsehood, And a thief doth come in, Stript off hath a troop in the street,
Joel 2:9
In the city they run to and fro, On the wall they run, Into houses they go up by the windows, They go in as a thief.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
for yourselves have known thoroughly that the day of the Lord as a thief in the night doth so come,