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


In Context

1 |If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

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

3 If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

4 If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:2If 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.

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 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.