Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Proverbs 6:31 in other translations
| BSB | Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. |
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| WEB | but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. |
| ASV | But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. |
| YLT | And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. |
| DARBY | and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
| BBE | But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house. |
| Webster | But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
What does Proverbs 6:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:30-31
30-31. Such a thief is pitied, though heavily punished.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35
The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us…
Proverbs 6:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:31
- Luke 19:8
And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
- Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
- 2 Samuel 12:6
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
- Exodus 22:1-4
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. If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 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. If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- Matthew 18:25
But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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Context
- Proverbs 6:30
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
- Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
- Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 6:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero tomado, paga las setenas, da toda la sustancia de su casa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et s’il est trouvé, il rendra le septuple, il donnera tous les biens de sa maison. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und wenn er gefunden wird, kann er siebenfach erstatten, kann alles Gut seines Hauses hingeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum, et omnem substantiam domus suæ tradet. |