KJV King James Version
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 22:5
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
WEB World English Bible
“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.
ASV American Standard Version
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, of the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.
Surrounding context — Exodus 22
2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, [there shall] no blood [be shed] for him.
3 If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, 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 shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed [therewith]; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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.
8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, [to see] whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods.
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כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforיַבְעֶר־H1197 · ba.arto burn: burnאִישׁ֙H376 · ishmanשָׂדֶ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionאוֹ־H176 · oorכֶ֔רֶםH3754 · ke.remvineyardוְשִׁלַּח֙H7971 · sha.lachto send: departאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּעִיר֔וֹH1165 · be.ircattleוּבִעֵ֖רH1197 · ba.arto burn: burnבִּשְׂדֵ֣הH7704 · sa.daySirionאַחֵ֑רH312 · a.cheranotherמֵיטַ֥בH4315 · me.tavbestשָׂדֵ֛הוּH7704 · sa.daySirionוּמֵיטַ֥בH4315 · me.tavbestכַּרְמ֖וֹH3754 · ke.remvineyardיְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ סH7999 · sa.lemto complete
Cross-references
Exodus 22:3If the sun be risen upon him, [there shall be] blood [shed] for him; [for] he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.Job 20:18That 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].Exodus 22:12And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.Exodus 21:34The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.
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