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Proverbs 6:30
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People don’t despise the thief if he stealsto satisfy himself when he is hungry.
Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
People don't hate a thief when he steals because he is hungry.
People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.
Men do not despise a thief if he stealsTo fill himself when he is hungry;
Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
We don't put up with thieves, not even with one who steals for something to eat.
A thief is not despised if he steals only to satisfy his appetite when hungry;
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
A hungry man might steal to fill his stomach. If he is caught, he must pay seven times more than he stole. It might cost him everything he owns, but other people understand. They don't lose all their respect for him.
No one wonders at a thief when he is caught stealing, for he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;
People do not despise a thief when he steals to fill himself when he is hungry.
They do not despise a thief, if he steals to fill his appetite when he is hungry.
Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he steale to satisfie his soule, when hee is hungry:
Men do not vtterly despise a thiefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hungrie:
It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
It is not greet synne, whanne a man stelith; for he stelith to fille an hungri soule.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.
Men do not hate a robber who steals food for himself when he is hungry.
Thieves are not despised who steal only to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;
The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?
They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
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Reciprocal: Exodus 22:7 - if the thief be found Leviticus 6:5 - restore Proverbs 30:9 - or Jeremiah 2:26 - the thief
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal,.... They do not discommend or reproach him for it, or fix a mark of infamy upon him, or expose him to public shame by whipping him; but rather excuse him and pity him when it appears what his case is, what put him upon it, and that he had no other intention in it than to do as follows;
to satisfy his soul; his craving appetite for food, having nothing to eat, nor no other way of getting any: the words should be supplied thus, "for he does this to satisfy his soul"; or, as the Syriac version, "for he steals to satisfy his soul": and so they are a reason why men do not despise him, nor use him ill, because it is done with no other view; not with a wicked design to hurt his neighbour, nor with a covetous intent to increase his own substance in an unlawful way, but only to satisfy nature in distress; and another reason follows, or the former confirmed;
when he is hungry; or for "he is hungry" s; pressed with famine; the temptation is great, nature urges him to it; and though it is criminal, men in such cases wilt not bear hard upon him for it. The Targum is,
"it is not to be wondered at in a thief that he should steal to satisfy his soul when it is hungry.''
The Vulgate Latin version is,
"it is not a great fault when anyone steals, for he steals to fill a hungry soul;''
it is a fault, but it is not a very heinous one, at least it is not so heinous as adultery, for the sake of which it is mentioned, and with which it is compared: the design of the instance is to show the adultery is far greater than that; and yet in our age we see that the one is severely punished even with death for trifling things, when the other goes unpunished.
s ×× ×¨×¢× "quia esurit", Cocceius, Michaelis.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 6:30. Men do not despise a thief if he steal — Every man pities the poor culprit who was perishing for lack of food, and stole to satisfy his hunger; yet no law clears him: he is bound to make restitution; in some cases double, in others quadruple and quintuple; and if he have not property enough to make restitution, to be sold for a bondsman; Exodus 22:1-4; Leviticus 25:39.
