EXO 22:4 Parallel Verse View

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22:4 Or possibly, must pay back two additional animals.

UHB 3 אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א בְ⁠יָד֜⁠וֹ הַ⁠גְּנֵבָ֗ה מִ⁠שּׁ֧וֹר עַד־חֲמ֛וֹר עַד־שֶׂ֖ה חַיִּ֑ים שְׁנַ֖יִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ס ‡
(3 ʼim-himmāʦēʼ timmāʦēʼ ⱱə⁠yād⁠ō ha⁠ggənēⱱāh mi⁠shshōr ˊad-ḩₐmōr ˊad-seh ḩayyim shənayim yəshallēm.§)

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Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (EXO 22:3) Ἐὰν δὲ καταλειφθῇ καὶ εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ κλέμμα ἀπό τε ὄνου ἕως προβάτου ζῶντα, διπλᾶ αὐτὰ ἀποτίσει.
(Ean de kataleifthaʸ kai heurethaʸ en taʸ ⱪeiri autou to klemma apo te onou heōs probatou zōnta, dipla auta apotisei.)

BrTr (EXO 22:3) And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them two-fold.

ULT If the stolen thing is actually found alive in his hand, from an ox to a donkey to a sheep, he shall compensate double.

UST In a case where you catch a thief and he still has the stolen goods, if it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must pay back the stolen animal as well as another one of the same kind.

BSB & MSB If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

OEB No OEB EXO 22:4 book available

WEBBE & WMBB If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

NET If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

LSV if the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether ox, or donkey, or sheep—he repays double.

FBV If what was stolen is a live animal he still has, whether it's an ox, donkey, or sheep, he must pay back double.

T4T If the thief still has the animal when he is caught, whether it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must give back the stolen animal as well as giving two additional animals for each one that he stole.

LEB If indeed the stolen item is found _⌊in his possession_⌋[fn] alive, from ox to donkey to small livestock, he will make double restitution.

22:4 Literally “in his hand”

BBE If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

Moff No Moff EXO 22:4 book available

JPS (EXO 22:3) (22-2) If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

ASV If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

DRA If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.

YLT if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.

Drby If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.

RV If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.

SLT If finding, the theft shall be found in his hand, from an ox to an ass, to a sheep; living, he shall recompense two.

Wbstr If the theft shall be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

KJB-1769 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

KJB-1611 If the theft be certainely found in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps If the theft be founde in his hande, aliue, whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
(If the theft be found in his hand, alive, whether it be ox, ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.)

Gnva If the theft bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shall restore the double.
(If the theft be found with him, alive, (whether it be ox, ass, or sheep) he shall restore the double.)

Cvdl But yf ye theft be founde by him alyue (from the oxe vnto the Asse or shepe) then shall he restore dubble.
(But if ye/you_all theft be found by him alive (from the ox unto the Ass or sheep) then shall he restore double.)

Wycl if that thing that he staal, is foundun quyk at hym, ether oxe, ether asse, ether scheep, he schal restore the double.
(if that thing that he staal, is found quick/living at him, either ox, either ass, either sheep, he shall restore the double.)

Luth (EXO 22:3) Findet man aber bei ihm den Diebstahl lebendig, es sei Ochse, Esel oder Schaf, so soll er‘s zwiefältig wiedergeben.
(Finds man but at/in him the theft lively/alive, it be ox, donkey or sheep, so should he’s ambiguous restore/give_back.)

ClVg Si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est, vivens: sive bos, sive asinus, sive ovis, duplum restituet.
(When/But_if discovery/invention has_been at him that stolen it_is, living: if/or cow/ox, if/or donkey, if/or sheep/wool, double will_restore.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א בְ⁠יָד֜⁠וֹ הַ⁠גְּנֵבָ֗ה & חַיִּ֑ים

if (Some words not found in UHB: if to_be_found found in,hand_of,his the_thing,stolen from,an_ox until donkey until sheep life(pl) double pay )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [If they find that he still has the live animal that he stole]

שְׁנַ֖יִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: if to_be_found found in,hand_of,his the_thing,stolen from,an_ox until donkey until sheep life(pl) double pay )

The meaning of compensate double is not entirely clear. Most interpretations follow the UST, that is, two animals total must be given, the stolen one and one more. Some interpret double to mean the thief must pay two animals for every animal that he took, so three total. It would be best to leave double as ambiguous as possible. Alternate translation: [he must compensate twice what he stole]

Parallel EXO 22:4