Exodus 22:2
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New International Version (©1984)
"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

New Living Translation (©2007)
"If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.

English Standard Version (©2001)
If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"If anyone catches a thief breaking in and hits him so that he dies, he is not guilty of murder.

King James Bible
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

American King James Version
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

American Standard Version
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Bible in Basic English
If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
If the thief be encountered breaking in, and be smitten so that he die, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him.

English Revised Version
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

Webster's Bible Translation
If a thief shall be found breaking through, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

World English Bible
If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

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

Geneva Study Bible

If a thief be found {b} breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

(b) Breaking a house to enter in, or undermining.

Wesley's Notes

22:2 If a thief broke a house in the night, and was killed in the doing it, his blood was upon his own head. But if it were in the day - time that the thief was killed, he that killed him was accountable for it, unless it were in the necessary defence of his own life.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22; 1 - 31 Judicial laws. - The people of God should ever be ready to show mildness and mercy, according to the spirit of these laws. We must answer to God, not only for what we do maliciously, but for what we do heedlessly. Therefore, when we have done harm to our neighbour, we should make restitution, though not compelled by law. Let these scriptures lead our souls to remember, that if the grace of God has indeed appeared to us, then it has taught us, and enabled us so to conduct ourselves by its holy power, that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, Titus 2:12. And the grace of God teaches us, that as the Lord is our portion, there is enough in him to satisfy all the desires of our souls.


Matthew 6:19 "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 24:43 "But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
1 Peter 4:15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; (NASB ©1995)

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If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

breaking Job 24:14 30:5 Ho 7:1 Joe 2:9 Mt 6:19,20 24:43 1Th 5:2

no blood Nu 35:27

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