Exodus 22:12

Easy-to-Read Version

But if the neighbor stole the animal, then he must pay the owner for the animal.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

King James Version
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Lexham English Bible
But if indeed it was stolen from him, he will make restitution to its owner.

New Century Version
But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must pay the owner for it.

New English Translation
But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.

Amplified Bible
"But if it is actually stolen from him [when in his care], he shall make restitution to its owner.

New American Standard Bible
"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

Contemporary English Version
But if the animal was stolen while in your care, you must replace it.

Complete Jewish Bible
If it was torn to pieces by an animal, the neighbor must bring it as evidence, and then he doesn't need to make good the loss.

Darby Translation
But if it have been stolen from him, he shall make [it] good unto its owner.

English Standard Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

George Lamsa Translation
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

Good News Translation
but if the animal was stolen, the man must repay the owner.

Christian Standard Bible®
But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.

Literal Translation
And if it is indeed stolen from him, he shall repay to its owner.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a thefe steale it from him, then shal he make restitucio vnto the owner therof.

American Standard Version
But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Bible in Basic English
But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if it be stollen from hym, then he shall make restitution vnto the owner therof.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

King James Version (1611)
And if it be stollen from him, he shall make restitution vnto the owner thereof.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner.

English Revised Version
But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Berean Standard Bible
But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if it is takun awei bi thefte, he schal restore the harm to the lord;

Young's Literal Translation
but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

Update Bible Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if it shall be stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

World English Bible
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

New King James Version
But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.

New Living Translation
But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay compensation to the owner.

New Life Bible
But if it is stolen from him, he will pay the owner for the loss.

New Revised Standard
But if it was stolen, restitution shall be made to its owner.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if it be verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner.

Revised Standard Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

Contextual Overview

⁷ "Someone might give some money or tools to a neighbor for safekeeping. What should you do if someone steals those things from the neighbor's house? If you find the one who stole them, then that thief must pay twice as much as the things are worth. ⁸ If you don't find the thief, then the owner of the house must go before the judges who will decide if that person is guilty. ⁹ "What should you do if two men disagree about a bull or a donkey or sheep or clothing or something that is lost? One man says, ‘This is mine,' and the other says, ‘No, it is mine.' Both men should go before the judges who will decide who is guilty. The one who was wrong must pay the other man twice as much as the thing is worth. ¹⁰ "A man might ask his neighbor to take care of an animal for a short time. It might be a donkey, a bull, or a sheep. But what should you do if that animal is hurt or dies or someone takes the animal while no one is looking? ¹¹ That neighbor must explain that he did not steal the animal. If this is true, the neighbor will promise to the Lord that he did not steal it. The owner of the animal must accept this promise. The neighbor does not have to pay the owner for the animal. ¹² But if the neighbor stole the animal, then he must pay the owner for the animal. ¹³ If wild animals killed the animal, then the neighbor should bring the body as proof. The neighbor will not have to pay the owner for the animal that was killed. ¹⁴ "If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and the animal is hurt or dies, then the neighbor must pay the owner for the animal. The neighbor is responsible, because the owner was not there himself. ¹⁵ But if the owner was there, then the neighbor does not have to pay. Or if the neighbor was paying money to use the animal for work, he will not have to pay if the animal dies or is hurt. The money he paid to use the animal will be enough payment.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stolen from him: Exodus 22:7, Genesis 31:39

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:5 - shall he make restitution Exodus 22:6 - he that kindled the fire

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
Then Abraham said, "I thought no one in this place respected God. I thought someone would kill me to get Sarah.

Genesis 22:2
Then God said, "Take your son to the land of Moriah and kill your son there as a sacrifice for me. This must be Isaac, your only son, the one you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there. I will tell you which mountain."

Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the sacrifice and put it on his son's shoulder. Abraham took the special knife and fire. Then both he and his son went together to the place for worship.

Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself is providing the lamb for the sacrifice, my son." So both Abraham and his son went together to that place.

Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place where God told them to go, Abraham built an altar. He carefully laid the wood on the altar. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached for his knife to kill his son.

Genesis 22:12
The angel said, "Don't kill your son or hurt him in any way. Now I can see that you do respect and obey God. I see that you are ready to kill your son, your only son, for me."

Genesis 22:13
Then Abraham noticed a ram whose horns were caught in a bush. So Abraham went and took the ram. He offered it, instead of his son, as a sacrifice to God.

Genesis 22:21
The first son is Uz. The second son is Buz. The third son is Kemuel, the father of Aram.

Genesis 22:22
Then there are Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if it be stolen from him,.... Or "but if" x it was taken away by theft; and that "from with him" y, as it may be literally rendered, from among his own cattle, and they not taken; and he being present, pretending to have an eye upon them and keep them, but was careless and negligent, at least, if he did not connive at the theft:

he shall make restitution to the owner thereof; for in such a case there was ground for suspicion of fraud; however, there was apparent carelessness, and it was but just he should make restitution, since he had hire or wages for keeping it; which is the reason Aben Ezra gives for it, and is suggested by the Targum of Jonathan; which adds to the former clause, by way of explanation,

"that which was with him to be kept for a reward.''

x כי אם "si autem", Drusius. y מעמו "e cum eo", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exodus 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could find the thief and bring him to justice (see Exodus 22:4). When an animal was killed by a wild beast, the keeper had to produce the mangled carcass, not only in proof of the fact, but to show that he had, by his vigilance and courage, deprived the wild beast of its prey.