The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
Exodus 22:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double. More versionsKing 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 in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.
They are driven out from among men; they shout after them as after a thief.
Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things
when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid without.
They leap upon the city, they run upon the walls; they climb up into the houses, they enter through the windows like a thief.
and the avenger of blood finds him outside the bounds of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slays the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.
But know this, that if the householder had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have let his house be broken into.
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or a wrongdoer, or a mischief-maker;