Exodus 22:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

"If anyone catches a thief breaking in and hits him so that he dies, he is not guilty of murder.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

ASV:

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

ERV:

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

JPS:

If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

WBS:

If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

WEB:

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

YLT:

'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

Exodus 22:2 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

Matthew 24:43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

1 Peter 4:15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

22:2 If a thief be found {b} breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
(b) Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining.

WES:

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.

MHC:

22; 1 - 31 Judicial laws. - The people of God should ever be ready to show mildness and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what we do maliciously, but for what we do heedlessly. Therefore, when we have done harm to our neighbour, we should make restitution, though not compelled by law. Let these scriptures lead our souls to remember, that if the grace of God has indeed appeared to us, then it has taught us, and enabled us so to conduct ourselves by its holy power, that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, Titus 2:12. And the grace of God teaches us, that as the Lord is our portion, there is enough in him to satisfy all the desires of our souls.

CONC:

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