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King James Version

Exodus 22:12

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Debtor;   Property;   Theft and Thieves;   Trustee;   The Topic Concordance - Recompense/restitution;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ox, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Restitution;   Shepherd;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Neighbour;   Shepherd;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Wealth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deposit;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Covenant, Book of the;   Ethics;   Hexateuch;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sin;   Ten Commandments;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Covenant, the Book of the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Accident;   Baba Meẓi'a;   Bailments;   Cattle;   Gentile;   Hammurabi;   Mekilta De-Rabbi Shim'on;   Shebu'ot;  

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.
George Lamsa Translation
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.
Hebrew Names Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
Easy-to-Read Version
But if the neighbor stole the animal, then he must pay the owner for the animal.
English Standard Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
American Standard Version
But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Bible in Basic English
But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.
Contemporary English Version
But if the animal was stolen while in your care, you must replace it.
Complete Jewish Bible
If it was torn to pieces by an animal, the neighbor must bring it as evidence, and then he doesn't need to make good the loss.
Darby Translation
But if it have been stolen from him, he shall make [it] good unto its owner.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.
King James Version (1611)
And if it be stollen from him, he shall make restitution vnto the owner thereof.
Amplified Bible
"But if it is actually stolen from him [when in his care], he shall make restitution to its owner.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner.
English Revised Version
But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Berean Standard Bible
But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
Lexham English Bible
But if indeed it was stolen from him, he will make restitution to its owner.
Literal Translation
And if it is indeed stolen from him, he shall repay to its owner.
New Century Version
But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, he must pay the owner for it.
New English Translation
But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner.
New King James Version
But if, in fact, it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
New Living Translation
But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay compensation to the owner.
New Life Bible
But if it is stolen from him, he will pay the owner for the loss.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if it be verily stolen, from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if it were taken away by stealth, he shall make the loss good to the owner.
Revised Standard Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
Good News Translation
but if the animal was stolen, the man must repay the owner.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if it is takun awei bi thefte, he schal restore the harm to the lord;
Young's Literal Translation
but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;
World English Bible
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
Update Bible Version
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if it shall be stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner of it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And if it be stollen from hym, then he shall make restitution vnto the owner therof.
Christian Standard Bible®
But if, in fact, the animal was stolen from his custody, he must make restitution to its owner.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf a thefe steale it from him, then shal he make restitucio vnto the owner therof.
New American Standard Bible
"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
New Revised Standard
But if it was stolen, restitution shall be made to its owner.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

Contextual Overview

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. 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. 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. 10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: 11 Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. 12 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 13 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stolen from him: Exodus 22:7, Genesis 31:39

Reciprocal: Exodus 22:5 - shall he make restitution Exodus 22:6 - he that kindled the fire

Cross-References

Genesis 20:11
And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:6
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:9
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Genesis 22:10
And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 22:21
Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
Genesis 22:22
And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if it be stolen from him,.... Or "but if" x it was taken away by theft; and that "from with him" y, as it may be literally rendered, from among his own cattle, and they not taken; and he being present, pretending to have an eye upon them and keep them, but was careless and negligent, at least, if he did not connive at the theft:

he shall make restitution to the owner thereof; for in such a case there was ground for suspicion of fraud; however, there was apparent carelessness, and it was but just he should make restitution, since he had hire or wages for keeping it; which is the reason Aben Ezra gives for it, and is suggested by the Targum of Jonathan; which adds to the former clause, by way of explanation,

"that which was with him to be kept for a reward.''

x כי אם "si autem", Drusius. y מעמו "e cum eo", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This law appears to relate chiefly to herdsmen employed by the owners of cattle. When an animal was stolen Exodus 22:12, it was presumed either that the herdsman might have prevented it, or that he could find the thief and bring him to justice (see Exodus 22:4). When an animal was killed by a wild beast, the keeper had to produce the mangled carcass, not only in proof of the fact, but to show that he had, by his vigilance and courage, deprived the wild beast of its prey.


 
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