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Property Laws

Exodus 22:4

In 11 translations

BSB
If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
KJV
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
WEB
If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.
ASV
If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.
LSV
if the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether ox, or donkey, or sheep—he repays double.
YLT
if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.
DBY
If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.
DRC
If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.
GNV
If the theft bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shall restore the double.
JPS22:3
If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.
LXXE22:3
And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them two-fold.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:3
אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א בְיָד֜וֹ הַגְּנֵבָ֗ה מִשּׁ֧וֹר עַד־חֲמ֛וֹר עַד־שֶׂ֖ה חַיִּ֑ים שְׁנַ֖יִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃KJV:Exod.22.4
LXX-Br22:3
Ἐὰν δὲ καταλειφθῇ καὶ εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ κλέμμα ἀπό τε ὄνου ἕως προβάτου ζῶντα, διπλᾶ αὐτὰ ἀποτίσει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 22:7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
  • Exodus 22:1“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
  • Exodus 21:16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
  • Exodus 22:9In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find…
  • Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
  • Revelation 18:6Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
  • Jeremiah 16:18And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
  • Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 22:3 in some Bibles
  • 22:4 in most Bibles

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