Exodus 22:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.”
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“If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:2 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of his city of refuge and kills him, then the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed
- Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
- Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
- Job 30:5They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,
- Hosea 7:1When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
- Joel 2:9They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
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