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Proverbs 6:31

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

KJV

deprehensus quoque reddet septuplum, et omnem substantiam domus suæ tradet.

Vulgate

ἐὰν δὲ ἁλῷ, ἀποτίσει ἑπταπλάσια, καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ δοὺς ῥύσεται ἑαυτόν·

LXX

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

ASV

וְ֭/נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם אֶת כָּל ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣/וֹ יִתֵּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֣וֹן
hvn
noun · 26×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
יְשַׁלֶּם
yshlm
verb · 111×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם
shb'tym
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 12:6 — And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
  • 2Sam 12:6 — And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
  • 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 22:1 — 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.
  • Job 20:18 — That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
  • Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  • Luke 19:8 — And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
  • Matt 18:25 — But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
  • Ps 79:12 — And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
  • Song 8:7 — Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.