2If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.


In Context

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

2 If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

3 But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die. If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.

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

Exodus 22:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:2"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:2'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.