Exodus 22:15

Exodus 22:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
• New International Version (NIV)But if the owner is with the animal, the borrower will not have to pay. If the animal was hired, the money paid for the hire covers the loss.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If the owner was with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hiring fee.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If its owner was with it, he shall not make it good; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

Context of Exodus 22:15

13But perhaps a wild animal attacked it. Then your neighbour must show the pieces of your animal that are left. Then he will not have to pay you for the loss of your animal. 14Your neighbour might lend one of his animals to you to do some work. Something bad might happen to the animal while its owner is not with it. It might die, or something might hurt it. Then you must pay your neighbour for the loss of the animal. But if the owner is with his animal when something bad happens to it, you do not have to pay anything. And if you already paid your neighbour some money to use his animal, that will be enough to pay him for the loss. 16Perhaps a man may meet a young girl who has not had sex with any man before. He might deceive her to have sex with her. If she has not yet promised to marry another man, he must marry her. He must give the right gifts to her parents. 17Her father might refuse to give her to the man to be his wife. But the man must still give the right gifts for a girl who is not married.

Exodus 22:15 word by word

אִם־בְּעָלָ֥יו עִמּ֖וֹ לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑ם אִם־שָׂכִ֣יר ה֔וּא בָּ֖א בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• if the ownerבַּעַלba‛al · masterH1167
• goodשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• an hiredשָׂכִירώâkîyr · hiredH7916
• it cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• for his hireשָׂכָרώâkâr · wagesH7939

Cross-references for Exodus 22:15

• Zechariah 8:10Before that time, there was not enough money to pay for work that men or animals did. No man was safe from the enemy because I made all men angry with each other.’

Commentaries on Exodus 22:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15It came for his hire - The sum paid for hiring was regarded as covering the risk of accident.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15In cases involving loss of property, the responsible person had to pay compensation equal to the value of what was lost. If the person had actually stolen the property, the compensation was multiplied (22:1, 4, 7). Where there was a question of responsibility, the parties were to appear before God for adjudication (22:8). The means by which the judgment was reached is not reported.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep--The law respects the theft of cattle which constituted the chief part of their property. The penalty for the theft of a sheep which was slain or sold, was fourfold; for an ox fivefold, because of its greater utility in labor; but, should the stolen animal have been recovered alive, a double compensation was all that was required, because it was presumable he (the thief) was not a practised adept in dishonesty…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 22:15

• Borrowing
• Debtor
• Hire
• Property
• Theft and Thieves

In the dictionaries

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• God
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• Restore
• Revile
• Theft
• Torn

Commentaries on Exodus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings