Exodus 22:2
What does Exodus 22:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 22:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
Context
v.1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
v.2This passage
v.3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
- Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
- Hosea 7:1
When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.
- Job 24:14
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
- Joel 2:9
They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief.
- Numbers 35:27
and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,
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