KJV King James Version
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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Exodus 22:8
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must appear before the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.
WEB World English Bible
If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out if he hasn’t put his hand to his neighbor’s goods.
ASV American Standard Version
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
9 For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
10 If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing [it]:
11 [Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אִם־H518 · imifלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotיִמָּצֵא֙H4672 · ma.tsato findהַגַּנָּ֔בH1590 · gan.navthiefוְנִקְרַ֥בH7126 · qa.ravto present: comeבַּֽעַל־H1167 · ba.almasterהַבַּ֖יִתH1004 · betplaceאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430 · e.lo.himGodאִם־H518 · imifלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotשָׁלַ֛חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departיָד֖וֹH3027 · yadhandבִּמְלֶ֥אכֶתH4399 · me.la.khahworkרֵעֵֽהוּ׃H7453 · re.aneighbor
Cross-references
Exodus 22:28Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.Exodus 21:6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.Psalm 82:1A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.1 Chronicles 23:4Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges:Exodus 22:9For all manner of trespass, [whether it be] for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, which [another] challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; [and] whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.Deuteronomy 17:8-9If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, [being] matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;Deuteronomy 19:17-18Then both the men, between whom the controversy [is], shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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