Exodus 22:4
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If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
In other translations
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518הִמָּצֵאhimatze'actually <be found>H4672תִמָּצֵאtimatze'it will be foundH4672בְיָדוֹveyadoin hand hisH3027הַגְּנֵבָהhagenevahthe thing stolenH1591מִשּׁוֹרmishorfrom an oxH7794עַד־'ad-untoH5704חֲמוֹרchamora donkeyH2543עַד־'ad-untoH5704שֶׂהseha sheepH7716חַיִּיםchaiyimaliveH2416שְׁנַיִםshenayimtwofoldH8147יְשַׁלֵּם׃ סyeshalemhe will make restitutionH7999
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Related verses
- Exodus 22:1If 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 man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:7If 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.If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
- Exodus 21:16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- Exodus 22:9For 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.In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
- Proverbs 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
- Revelation 18:6Reward 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.Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.
- Jeremiah 16:18And 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.And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
- Isaiah 40:2Speak 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.“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
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