Parallel Verses New International Version but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed. "Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft. King James Bible If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Darby Bible Translation If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood-guiltiness for him; he should have made full restitution: if he had nothing, he would have been sold for his theft. World English Bible If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Young's Literal Translation 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; Exodus 22:3 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleIf a thief be found - If a thief was found breaking into a house in the night season, he might be killed; but not if the sun had risen, for then he might be known and taken, and the restitution made which is mentioned in the succeeding verse. So by the law of England it is a burglary to break and enter a house by night; and "anciently the day was accounted to begin only from sunrising, and to end immediately upon sunset: but it is now generally agreed that if there be daylight enough begun or left, either by the light of the sun or twilight, whereby the countenance of a person may reasonably be discerned, it is no burglary; but that this does not extend to moonlight, for then many midnight burglaries would go unpunished. And besides, the malignity of the offense does not so properly arise, as Mr. Justice Blackstone observes, from its being done in the dark, as at the dead of night when all the creation except beasts of prey are at rest; when sleep has disarmed the owner, and rendered his castle defenceless." - East's Pleas of the Crown, vol. ii., p. 509. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge then he shall Isaiah 50:1 Thus said the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away?... Library Excursus on Usury. The famous canonist Van Espen defines usury thus: "Usura definitur lucrum ex mutuo exactum aut speratum;" [96] and then goes on to defend the proposition that, "Usury is forbidden by natural, by divine, and by human law. The first is proved thus. Natural law, as far as its first principles are concerned, is contained in the decalogue; but usury is prohibited in the decalogue, inasmuch as theft is prohibited; and this is the opinion of the Master of the Sentences, of St. Bonaventura, of St. Thomas … Philip Schaff—The Seven Ecumenical Councils Ciii. Zacchæus. Parable of the Pounds. Journey to Jerusalem. The Development of the Earlier Old Testament Laws The Blessing of Jacob Upon Judah. (Gen. Xlix. 8-10. ) Cross References Matthew 18:25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. Exodus 22:2 "If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; Jump to Previous Account Blood Bloodguilt Bloodguiltiness Blood-Guiltiness Bloodshed Breaking Dawn Dies Found Full Guilt Guilty Happens Owns Repay Responsible Restitution Risen Shed Sold Struck Sun Sunrise Surely Theft ThiefJump to Next Account Blood Bloodguilt Bloodguiltiness Blood-Guiltiness Bloodshed Breaking Dawn Dies Found Full Guilt Guilty Happens Owns Repay Responsible Restitution Risen Shed Sold Struck Sun Sunrise Surely Theft ThiefLinks Exodus 22:3 NIVExodus 22:3 NLT Exodus 22:3 ESV Exodus 22:3 NASB Exodus 22:3 KJV Exodus 22:3 Bible Apps Exodus 22:3 Biblia Paralela Exodus 22:3 Chinese Bible Exodus 22:3 French Bible Exodus 22:3 German Bible Exodus 22:3 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |