Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
KJV
Si effringens fur domum sive suffodiens fuerit inventus, et accepto vulnere mortuus fuerit, percussor non erit reus sanguinis.
Vulgate
ἐὰν δὲ ἐν τῷ διορύγματι εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέπτης καὶ πληγεὶς ἀποθάνῃ, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ φόνος·
LXX
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
ASV
אִם זָרְחָ֥ה הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עָלָ֖י/ו דָּמִ֣ים ל֑/וֹ שַׁלֵּ֣ם יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם אִם אֵ֣ין ל֔/וֹ וְ/נִמְכַּ֖ר בִּ/גְנֵבָתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
וֹ
v
noun · 2×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
זָרַ֤ח
zrch
verb · 17×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
ם
m
verb · 74×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 9:6 — Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
- Jer 2:34 — Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
- Matt 6:19 — Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
- Matt 24:43 — But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
- Num 35:27 — And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: