Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’
Exodus 22:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If its owner is there with it, the man does not have to make restitution. If it was rented, the loss is covered by its rental price. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, the damage is included in its hire. American Standard Version (1901) If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire. Common English Bible If the owner was present, no payment needs to be made. If the animal was hired, only the fee for hiring the animal is due. Catholic Public Domain Version But if the owner was present, he shall not make restitution, especially if it had been brought for hired work. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if the owner be present, he shall not make restitution: especially if it were hired and came for the hire of his work. |
Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’
‘When a man borrows an animal from his neighbour, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.
‘If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and he sleeps with her, he must certainly pay the bridal price for her to be his wife.
For prior to those days neither people nor animals had wages. There was no safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I turned everyone against his neighbour.
the man who raped her is to give the young woman’s father fifty silver shekels, and she will become his wife because he violated her. He cannot divorce her as long as he lives.