Exodus 22:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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

² 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)

² If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Common English Bible

² 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

² 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.

Exodus 22:2 Cross References

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.

Job 24:16

In the dark they break  into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

Job 30:5

They were banished from human society; people shouted at them as if they were thieves.

Jeremiah 2:34

Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these things

Hosea 7:1

when I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim  and the crimes of Samaria will be exposed. For they practise fraud; a thief breaks in; a raiding party pillages outside.

Joel 2:9

They storm the city; they run on the wall; they climb into the houses; they enter through the windows like thieves.

Numbers 35:27

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

Matthew 24:43

But know this: If the homeowner had known what time   the thief was coming, he would have stayed alert and not let his house be broken into.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord  will come just like a thief  in the night.

1 Peter 4:15

Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.