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Exodus 22:4

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

KJV

Si inventum fuerit apud eum quod furatus est, vivens : sive bos, sive asinus, sive ovis, duplum restituet.

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ καταλημφθῇ καὶ εὑρεθῇ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ τὸ κλέμμα ἀπό τε ὄνου ἕως προβάτου ζῶντα, διπλᾶ αὐτὰ ἀποτίσει.

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֤י יַבְעֶר אִישׁ֙ שָׂדֶ֣ה אוֹ כֶ֔רֶם וְ/שִׁלַּח֙ אֶת בעיר/ה בְּעִיר֔/וֹ וּ/בִעֵ֖ר בִּ/שְׂדֵ֣ה אַחֵ֑ר מֵיטַ֥ב שָׂדֵ֛/הוּ וּ/מֵיטַ֥ב כַּרְמ֖/וֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹ
'v
conjunction · 311×
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בִֽעַרְתָּ֥
b'rt
verb · 91×
י
y
noun · 92×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
pronoun · 7×
מֵיטַ֥ב
mytb
noun · 6×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 12:3 — Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have
  • 1Sam 12:5 — And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
  • Exod 21:16 — And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 21:16 — And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
  • Exod 22:1 — If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
  • Exod 22:7 — If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
  • Exod 22:7 — If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
  • Exod 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the
  • Exod 22:9 — For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the
  • Rev 18:6 — Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.