4If the stolen thing be actually found alive in his hand, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall restore double.


In Context

1 If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

2 If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

3 If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft.

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

5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and put in his cattle, and pasture in another man's field, of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make it good.

6 if fire break out, And seize the thorns, And the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.

Exodus 22:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:4"If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession-whether ox or donkey or sheep-he must pay back double.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:4If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4If the theft shall be certainly found in his hand alive, whether an ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:4if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.