Exodus 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Exodus 22:4 in other translations
| BSB | If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep--double he repayeth. |
| DARBY | If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double. |
| BBE | If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value. |
| Webster | If the theft shall be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. |
What does Exodus 22:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 22:1-4
Ex 22:1-31. Laws concerning Theft. 1-4. If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep--The law respects the theft of cattle which constituted the chief part of their property. The penalty for the theft of a sheep which was slain or sold, was fourfold; for an ox fivefold, because of its greater utility in labor; but, should the stolen animal have been recovered alive, a double compensation was all that was required, because…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Exodus 22:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 22:4
- Exodus 22:7
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
- Exodus 22:1
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 21:16
And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exodus 22:9
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
- Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Revelation 18:6
Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
- Jeremiah 16:18
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
- Isaiah 40:2
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
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Context
- Exodus 22:3
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- Exodus 22:4
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- Exodus 22:5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Exodus 22:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si fuere hallado con el hurto en la mano, sea buey ó asno ú oveja vivos, pagará el duplo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si un homme fait brouter un champ ou une vigne, et envoie son bétail et qu’il broute dans le champ d’autrui, il fera compensation, du meilleur de son champ et du meilleur de sa vigne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn das Gestohlene lebend in seiner Hand gefunden wird, es sei ein Ochse oder ein Esel oder ein Stück Kleinvieh, soll er das Doppelte erstatten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est, vivens: sive bos, sive asinus, sive ovis, duplum restituet. |