Exodus 22:5

Exodus 22:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
• New International Version (NIV)“If anyone grazes their livestock in a field or vineyard and lets them stray and they graze in someone else’s field, the offender must make restitution from the best of their own field or vineyard.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

Context of Exodus 22:5

3If the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for bloodshed on his account--A thief shall certainly make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. 4If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double. “If someone lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another person’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. 6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, and stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, the one who started the fire must make restitution. 7“If someone gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the neighbor’s house, if the thief is caught, then the thief shall pay double.

Exodus 22:5 word by word

כִּ֤י יַבְעֶר־אִישׁ֙ שָׂדֶ֣ה אוֹ־כֶ֔רֶם וְשִׁלַּח֙ אֶת־בְּעִיר֔וֹ וּבִעֵ֖ר בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה אַחֵ֑ר מֵיטַ֥ב שָׂדֵ֛הוּ וּמֵיטַ֥ב כַּרְמ֖וֹ יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• someoneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• lets a fieldשָׂדַיώâdeh ώâday · SirionH7704
• orאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• be grazedבָּעַרbâ‛ar · be brutishH1197
• and letsשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• his animalבְּעִירbe‛îyr · cattleH1165
• in anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• he shall makeשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
• from the bestמֵיטָבmêyţâb · bestH4315

Cross-references for Exodus 22:5

• Exodus 22:3If the sun has risen on him, there will be guilt for bloodshed on his account--A thief shall certainly make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
• Exodus 21:34the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his.
• Job 20:18He returns the product of his labor And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.

Commentaries on Exodus 22:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Shall put in his beast, and shall feed - Rather, shall let his beast go loose, and it shall feed.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 22:5

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In the dictionaries

• Beast
• Book
• Cause
• Curse
• Feed
• God
• Put
• Restore
• Revile
• Theft

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