Exodus 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
Exodus 22:8 in other translations
| BSB | If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property. |
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| WEB | If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods. |
| ASV | If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods. |
| YLT | ‘If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour; |
| DARBY | if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall be brought before the judges, to see if he has not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. |
| BBE | If they do not get the thief, let the master of the house come before the judges and take an oath that he has not put his hand on his neighbour's goods. |
| Webster | If the thief shall not be found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he hath put his hand to his neighbor's goods. |
What does Exodus 22:8 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Exodus 22:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 22:8
- Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
- Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
- Deuteronomy 17:8-9
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose; And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 19:17-18
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- Psalms 82:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
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Context
- 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 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
- 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.
Exodus 22:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si el ladrón no se hallare, entonces el dueño de la casa será presentado á los jueces, para ver si ha metido su mano en la hacienda de su prójimo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Dans toute affaire d’infidélité touchant un bœuf, touchant un âne, touchant un mouton, touchant un vêtement, touchant toute chose perdue dont on dira: C’est cela, – l’affaire des deux parties viendra devant les juges; celui que les juges condamneront fera compensation au double à son prochain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | wenn der Dieb nicht gefunden wird, so soll der Besitzer des Hauses vor die Richter treten, ob er nicht seine Hand nach der Habe seines Nächsten ausgestreckt hat. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | si latet fur, dominus domus applicabitur ad deos, et jurabit quod non extenderit manum in rem proximi sui, |