Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
New American Standard Bible
He must give all the
King James Version
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Holman Bible
he must give up all the wealth in his house.
International Standard Version
but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.
A Conservative Version
Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
American Standard Version
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Amplified
But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole];
He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine].
Darby Translation
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Julia Smith Translation
And being found he shall recompense seven fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
King James 2000
But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give up all the goods of his house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [if] he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give.
Modern King James verseion
but if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house.
NET Bible
Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
New Heart English Bible
but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
Webster
But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
World English Bible
but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.
Youngs Literal Translation
And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Warning Against Relations With A Married Woman
30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it: 31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house. 32 He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 22:1-4
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 Samuel 12:6
And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.
Job 20:18
He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
Matthew 18:25
And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.
Luke 19:8
And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.