Exodus 22:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁴ When the animal, whether ox or donkey or sheep, is found alive in the thief’s possession, the thief shall pay double.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

Common English Bible

⁴ If an animal (whether ox, donkey, or sheep) is found alive in the thief’s possession, he must pay back double.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ If whatever he stole should be found with him, a living thing, either an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep, he shall repay double.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ If that which he stole be found with him, alive, either ox, or ass, or sheep: he shall restore double.

Exodus 22:4 Cross References

Exodus 21:16

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

Exodus 22:1

“When someone steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, the thief shall pay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

Exodus 22:5

“When someone causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over or lets livestock loose to graze in someone else’s field, restitution shall be made from the best in the owner’s field or vineyard.

Exodus 22:7

“When someone delivers to a neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, then the thief, if caught, shall pay double.

Exodus 22:9

“In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any other loss, of which one party says, ‘This is mine,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; the one whom God condemns shall pay double to the other.

Proverbs 6:31

Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold; they will forfeit all the goods of their house.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.

Jeremiah 16:18

And I will doubly repay their iniquity and their sin because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable idols and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.

Leviticus 6:5

or anything else about which you have sworn falsely, you shall repay the principal amount and add one-fifth to it. You shall pay it to its owner when you recognize your guilt.

Revelation 18:6

Render to her as she herself has rendered, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double dose for her in the cup she mixed.

1 Samuel 12:5

He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand.” And they said, “He is witness.”