The murderer rises at daylight, he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is as a thief.
Exodus 22:2 - The Scriptures 2009 “If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there is no guilt for his bloodshed. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him. American Standard Version (1901) If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. Common English Bible If the thief is caught breaking in and is beaten and dies, the one who killed him won’t be guilty of bloodshed. Catholic Public Domain Version If a thief will have been discovered breaking into a house, or digging under it, and he has received a mortal wound, he who struck him down will not be guilty of blood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
The murderer rises at daylight, he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is as a thief.
In the dark he has broken into houses; by day they shut themselves up; they have not known light.
They were driven out from among men, they shouted at them as at a thief,
“Even on your skirts is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents. You did not find them breaking in, but in spite of all these,
“Whenever I would heal Yisra’ĕl, then the crookedness of Ephrayim is uncovered, and the evil deeds of Shomeron. For they have wrought falsehood, and a thief comes in, a band of robbers raids outside.
They rush on the city, they run on the wall. They climb into the houses, they enter at the windows like a thief.
and the revenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the revenger of blood executes the man-slayer, he is not guilty of blood,
“And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
For you yourselves know very well that the day of יהוה comes as a thief in the night.
For do not let any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or doer of evil, or as a meddler.