Exodus 22:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.”
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“If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep--double he repayeth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:4 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 21:16Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.
- Exodus 22:1“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 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 22:9In 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.
- Leviticus 6:5or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
- Proverbs 6:31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
- Isaiah 40:2“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.”
- Jeremiah 16:18And 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.”
- Revelation 18:6Give 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.
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