Exodus 22

1 'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

When a man steals an ox or sheep, and has slaughtered it or sold it, he repays [with] five of the herd for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.

2 'If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he hath been smitten, and hath died, there is no blood for him;

If in the breaking through, the thief is found, and he has been struck and has died, there is no blood for him;

3 if the sun hath risen upon him, blood [is] for him, he doth certainly repay; if he have nothing, then he hath been sold for his theft;

if the sun has risen on him, blood [is] for him, he certainly repays; if he has nothing, then he has been sold for his theft;

4 if the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether ox, or ass, or sheep — double he repayeth.

if the theft is certainly found alive in his hand, whether ox, or donkey, or sheep—he repays double.

5 'When a man depastureth a field or vineyard, and hath sent out his beast, and it hath pastured in the field of another, [of] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard, he doth repay.

When a man depastures a field or vineyard, and has sent out his beast, and it has pastured in the field of another, he repays [with] the best of his field, and the best of his vineyard.

6 'When fire goeth forth, and hath found thorns, and a stack, or the standing corn, or the field, hath been consumed, he who causeth the burning doth certainly repay.

When fire goes forth and has found thorns, and a stack, or the standing grain, or the field has been consumed, he who causes the burning certainly repays.

7 'When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

When a man gives silver or vessels to his neighbor to keep, and it has been stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief is found, he repays double.

8 'If the thief is not found, then the master of the house hath been brought near unto God, whether he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour;

If the thief is not found, then the master of the house has been brought near to God [to see] whether he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor.

9 for every matter of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his; unto God cometh the matter of them both; he whom God doth condemn, he repayeth double to his neighbour.

For every matter of transgression, for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for raiment, for any lost thing of which it is said that it is his, the matter of them both comes to God; he whom God condemns repays double to his neighbor.

10 'When a man doth give unto his neighbour an ass, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it hath died, or hath been hurt, or taken captive, none seeing —

When a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, or ox, or sheep, or any beast to keep, and it has died, or has been hurt, or taken captive, [with] none seeing—

11 an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

an oath of YHWH is between them both, that he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor, and its owner has accepted, and he does not repay;

12 but if it is certainly stolen from him, he doth repay to its owner;

but if it is certainly stolen from him, he repays to its owner;

13 if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in — a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

if it is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.

14 'And when a man doth ask [anything] from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died — its owner not being with it — he doth certainly repay;

And when a man asks for [anything] from his neighbor, and it has been hurt or has died—its owner not being with it—he certainly repays;

15 if its owner [is] with it, he doth not repay, — if it [is] a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

if its owner [is] with it, he does not repay—if it [is] a hired thing, it has come for its hire.

16 'And when a man doth entice a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

And when a man entices a virgin who [is] not betrothed, and has lain with her, he certainly endows her to himself for a wife;

17 if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.

18 'A witch thou dost not keep alive.

You do not keep a witch alive.

19 'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.

Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.

20 'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.

21 'And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, nor crush him, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.

And you do not oppress a sojourner, nor crush him, for you have been sojourners in the land of Egypt.

22 'Any widow or orphan ye do not afflict;

You do not afflict any widow or orphan;

23 if thou dost really afflict him, surely if he at all cry unto Me, I certainly hear his cry;

if you really afflict him, surely if he cries to Me at all, I certainly hear his cry;

24 and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

and My anger has burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

25 'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

If you lend money [to] My poor people [who are] with you, you are not as a usurer to him; you do not lay usury on him;

26 if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

if you take the garment of your neighbor in pledge at all, you return it to him during the going in of the sun:

27 for it alone is his covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

for it is his only covering, it [is] his garment for his skin; wherein does he lie down? And it has come to pass, when he cries to Me, that I have heard, for I [am] gracious.

28 'God thou dost not revile, and a prince among thy people thou dost not curse.

You do not revile God, and you do not curse a prince among your people.

29 'Thy fulness and thy liquids thou dost not delay; the first-born of thy sons thou dost give to Me;

You do not delay your fullness and your liquids; you give the firstborn of your sons to Me;

30 so thou dost to thine ox, to thy sheep; seven days it is with its dam, on the eighth day thou dost give it to Me.

so you do to your ox [and] to your sheep; it is with its mother [for] seven days, on the eighth day you give it to Me.

31 'And ye are holy men to Me, and flesh torn in the field ye do not eat, to a dog ye do cast it.

And you are holy men to Me, and you do not eat flesh torn in the field, you cast it to a dog.