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Exodus 22:12

But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the 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.
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.
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.
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 deliver money, or any vessel unto his friend to keep, and they be stolen away from him that received them: if the thief be found, he shall restore double: 8 If the thief be not known, the master of the house shall be brought to the gods, and shall swear that he did not lay his hand upon his neighbour’s goods, 9 To do any fraud, either in ox, or in ass, or sheep, or raiment, or any thing that may bring damage: the cause of both parties shall come to the gods: and if they give judgment, he shall restore double to his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver ass, ox, sheep, or any beast, to his neighbour’s custody, and it die, or be hurt, or be taken by enemies, and no man saw it: 11 There shall be an oath between them, that he did not put forth his hand to his neighbour’s goods: and the owner shall accept of the oath, and he shall not be compelled to make restitution. 12 But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner. 13 If it were eaten by a beast, let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution. 14 If a man borrow of his neighbour any of these things, and it be hurt or die, the owner not being present, he shall be obliged to make restitution. 15 But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it were hired, and came for the hire of his work.

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 answered: I thought with myself, saying: Perhaps there is not the fear of God in this place: and they will kill me for the sake of my wife:
Genesis 22:2
He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee.
Genesis 22:6
And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together,
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood.
Genesis 22:10
And he put forth his hand, and took the sword, to sacrifice his son.
Genesis 22:12
And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
Genesis 22:13
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram, amongst the briers, sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Hus, the firstborn, and Buz, his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians,
Genesis 22:22
And Cased, and Azau, and Pheldas, and Jedlaph,

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.


 
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