Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, July 8th, 2025
the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
Attention!
Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause!
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

The NET Bible®

Exodus 22:12

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Debtor;   Property;   Theft and Thieves;   Trustee;   The Topic Concordance - Recompense/restitution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ox, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Shepherd;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Neighbour;   Shepherd;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Wealth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deposit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Covenant, Book of the;   Ethics;   Hexateuch;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sin;   Ten Commandments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, the Book of the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Accident;   Baba Meẓi'a;   Bailments;   Cattle;   Gentile;   Hammurabi;   Mekilta De-Rabbi Shim'on;   Shebu'ot;  

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.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if the neighbor stole the animal, then he must pay the owner for the animal.
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 "If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double. 8 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. 9 In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says ‘This belongs to me,' the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor. 10 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone seeing it, 11 then there will be an oath to the Lord between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor's goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay. 12 But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner. 13 If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn. 14 "If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay. 15 If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

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
Abraham replied, "Because I thought, ‘Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 22:2
God said, "Take your son—your only son, whom you love, Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you."
Genesis 22:6
Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:8
"God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son.
Genesis 22:12
"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me."
Genesis 22:13
Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),
Genesis 22:22
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.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile