Exodus 22:8 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁸ If the thief is not found, the owner of the house shall come near to God, to show whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's goods.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But if the thief is not found, the house owner shall appear before God [the judges as His agents] to find whether he stole his neighbor's goods.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor’s goods.

Common English Bible

⁸ If the thief isn’t caught, the owner of the house should be brought before God to determine whether or not the owner stole the other’s property.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ If the thief is unknown, the lord of the house will be brought before the heavens to swear that he did not lay his hand on the goods of his neighbor,

Exodus 22:8 Cross References

1 Kings 8:31

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and comes and swears his oath before thine altar in this house,

1 Chronicles 23:4

“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

Psalm 82:1

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.

Exodus 22:28

“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

Exodus 22:9

“For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for ass, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.