Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
'If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;
New American Standard Bible
If the thief is not
King James Version
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Holman Bible
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges
International Standard Version
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house is to appear before the judges to see whether or not the thief took his neighbor's property.
A Conservative Version
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, [to see] whether he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
American Standard Version
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.
Amplified
If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall appear before the judges [who act in God’s name], to determine whether or not he had stolen his neighbor’s goods.
Bible in Basic English
If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods.
Darby Translation
if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, to see if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Julia Smith Translation
If the thief shall not be found, and the lord of the house being brought to God, if he put not forth his hand upon his friend's goods.
King James 2000
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he has put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house will be brought {to the sanctuary} [to learn] whether or not he reached out his hand to his neighbor's possession.
Modern King James verseion
If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, whether he has put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If the thief be not found, then the goodman of the house shall be brought unto the judges and swear, whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's good.
NET Bible
If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods.
New Heart English Bible
If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
The Emphasized Bible
if the thief be found, he shall give in restitution double, if the thief be not found, then shall the owner of the house be brought near unto God to swear that he hath not laid his hand on the property of his neighbour.
Webster
If the thief shall not be found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he hath put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
World English Bible
If the thief isn't found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws About Personal Property
7 'When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double. 8 'If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour; 9 for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 21:6
then hath his lord brought him nigh unto God, and hath brought him nigh unto the door, or unto the side-post, and his lord hath bored his ear with an awl, and he hath served him -- to the age.
Exodus 22:28
'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.
Exodus 22:9
for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.
Deuteronomy 17:8-9
When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix,
Deuteronomy 19:17-18
then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days,
1 Chronicles 23:4
Of these to preside over the work of the house of Jehovah are twenty and four thousand, and officers and judges six thousand,
Psalm 82:1
-- A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.