The murderer will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.
Exodus 22:2 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 If in breaking in a thief shall be found, and he was smitten and died, no bloods for him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.
To break through houses in darkness in the day they shut up for themselves: they knew not light
They shall be driven forth from the midst, they shall cry after them as a thief:
Also in thy wings were found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: not by breaking in did I find them, but upon all these.
As I healed to Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the evils of Shomeron: for they did falsehood, and the thief will come in, and the troop invaded without
In the city they shall run up and down; on the wall shall they run, into the houses they shall come up, through the windows shall they come in as a thief.
And the nearest relation of blood finding him without the boundary of the city of his refuge, and the nearest relation of blood slew the slayer; no blood to him.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known what watch the thief comes, he had watched, and would not have suffered his house to be undermined.
For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so comes.
For let not any of you suffer as a murderer, or thief, or doing evil, or as an inspector, in what pertains to others.