But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
Exodus 22:13 - Revised Standard Version If it is torn by beasts, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If it be torn in pieces [by some wild beast or by accident], let him bring [the mangled carcass] for witness; he shall not make good what was torn. American Standard Version (1901) If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn. Common English Bible If the animal was attacked and ripped apart and its torn body is brought as evidence, no payment needs to be made. Catholic Public Domain Version If it has been eaten by a wild beast, let him carry what was killed to him, and then he shall not make restitution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If it were eaten by a beast: let him bring to him that which was slain, and he shall not make restitution. |
But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! behold, I have never defiled myself; from my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has foul flesh come into my mouth.”
Thus says the Lord: “As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the people of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part of a bed.”
And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
The lion tore enough for his whelps and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh.