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Exodus 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.

KJV

Si quis commendaverit amico pecuniam aut vas in custodiam, et ab eo, qui susceperat, furto ablata fuerint : si invenitur fur, duplum reddet :

Vulgate

Ἐὰν δέ τις δῷ τῷ πλησίον ἀργύριον ἢ σκεύη φυλάξαι, καὶ κλαπῇ ἐκ τῆς οἰκίας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐὰν εὑρεθῇ ὁ κλέψας, ἀποτίσει τὸ διπλοῦν·

LXX

If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

ASV

אִם לֹ֤א יִמָּצֵא֙ הַ/גַּנָּ֔ב וְ/נִקְרַ֥ב בַּֽעַל הַ/בַּ֖יִת אֶל הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים אִם לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֛ח יָד֖/וֹ בִּ/מְלֶ֥אכֶת רֵעֵֽ/הוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
גַּנָּֽב
gnb
noun · 17×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 83×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Exod 22:4 — If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
  • Exod 22:4 — If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore 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
  • Lev 6:2 — If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his
  • Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Prov 6:30 — Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;