Exodus 22:2
“¶ If a thiefe bee found breaking vp, and be smitten that he die, there shal no blood be shed for him.”
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Exodus 22:2 Context
1If a man shal steale an oxe, or a sheepe, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore fiue oxen for an oxe, and foure sheepe for a sheepe. 2¶ If a thiefe bee found breaking vp, and be smitten that he die, there shal no blood be shed for him. 3If the Sunne be risen vpon him, there shall be blood shed for him: for hee should make full restitution: if he haue nothing, then he shall bee sold for his theft. 4If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
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Other Translations for Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
- King James Version
"If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
If 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.
- Basic English Bible
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.
- Darby Bible
If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- Webster's Bible
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.
- World English Bible
`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;
- Youngs Literal Bible
(22:1) If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 22:2
22:2 If a thief broke a house in the night, and was killed in the doing it, his blood was upon his own head. But if it were in the day - time that the thief was killed, he that killed him was accountable for it, unless it were in the necessary defence of his own life.