Exodus 21:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ “Whoever kidnaps a person, whether that person has been sold or is still held in possession, shall be put to death.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Anyone who kidnaps a person, whether they have been sold or are still being held, should be put to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Whoever will have stolen a man and sold him, having been convicted of the crime, shall be put to death.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ He that shall steal a man, and sell him, being convicted of guilt, shall be put to death.

Exodus 21:16 Cross References

Genesis 37:28

When some Midianite traders passed by, they drew Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

Genesis 40:15

For in fact I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon.”

Exodus 20:15

“You shall not steal.

Exodus 21:15

“Whoever strikes father or mother shall be put to death.

Exodus 22:4

When the animal, whether ox or donkey or sheep, is found alive in the thief’s possession, the thief shall pay double.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If someone is caught kidnaping another Israelite, enslaving or selling the Israelite, then that kidnaper shall die. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

1 Timothy 1:10

the sexually immoral, men who engage in illicit sex, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Revelation 18:12

cargo of gold, silver, jewels and pearls, fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet, all kinds of scented wood, all articles of ivory, all articles of costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble,