Exodus 22:2

In 11 translations

BSB

If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

KJV

¶ If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

WEB

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

ASV

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

LSV

If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he has been struck and has died, there is no blood for him;

YLT

'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

DBY

If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

DRC

If 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.

GNV

If a thiefe bee founde breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye, no blood shall be shed for him.

JPS22:1

If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

LXXE22:1

And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:1

אִם־בַּמַּחְתֶּ֛רֶת יִמָּצֵ֥א הַגַּנָּ֖ב וְהֻכָּ֣ה וָמֵ֑ת אֵ֥ין ל֖וֹ דָּמִֽים׃KJV:Exod.22.2

LXX-Br22:1

Ἐὰν δὲ ἐν τῷ διορύγματι εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέπτης, καὶ πληγεὶς ἀποθάνῃ, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ φόνος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
• Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
• Matthew 6:19–20Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where…
• Job 30:5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
• Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• Hosea 7:1When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
• Joel 2:9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

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