Exodus 22
- 1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- 2If a thief is found breaking up, and be struck that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
- 3If the sun is risen on 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.
- 4If the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, or donkey, or sheep. He shall restore double.
- 5If 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.
- 6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, be consumed with it. He who lit the fire shall surely make restitution.
- 7If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house. If the thief is found, let him pay double.
- 8If the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he have put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
- 9For every kind of sin, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. Who the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor.
- 10If a man deliver to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep. It die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- 11Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. The owner of it shall accept of it, and he shall not make it good.
- 12And if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
- 13If it is torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
- 14And if a man borrow anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, its owner being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
- 15But if its owner be with it, he shall not make it good: if it is a hired thing, it came for his hire.
- 16And if a man entice a maid that is not engaged, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
- 17If her father completely refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- 18You shall not let a witch live.
- 19Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- 20He who sacrifices to any god, save to the Lord only, he shall be completely destroyed.
- 21You shall not mistreat a foreigner, or oppress him. For you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- 22You shall not mistreat any widow, or orphan.
- 23If you make them suffer without fail, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry.
- 24And my wrath shall burn, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives shall be widows, and your children orphans.
- 25If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as a moneylender, neither shall you lay on him interest.
- 26If you at all take your neighbor's clothing to pledge, you shall deliver it to him by that the sun goes down:
- 27For that is his covering only, it is his clothing for his skin: in which shall he sleep? And when he cries to me, that I will hear. For I am gracious.
- 28You shall not revile the gods, or curse the ruler of your people.
- 29You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of your liquors: the firstborn of your sons shall you give to me.
- 30Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam. On the eighth day you shall give it to me.
- 31And you shall be holy men to me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 22 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIf a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
GIGAKJVIf a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it. He shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
KJVIf a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
GIGAKJVIf a thief is found breaking up, and be struck that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf the sun is risen on 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.
KJVIf the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
GIGAKJVIf the theft is certainly found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, or donkey, or sheep. He shall restore double.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf 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.
KJVIf fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
GIGAKJVIf fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field, be consumed with it. He who lit the fire shall surely make restitution.
KJVIf a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
GIGAKJVIf a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house. If the thief is found, let him pay double.
KJVIf the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
GIGAKJVIf the thief is not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he have put his hand to his neighbor's goods.
KJVFor all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
GIGAKJVFor every kind of sin, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges. Who the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor.
KJVIf a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
GIGAKJVIf a man deliver to his neighbor a donkey, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep. It die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
KJVThen shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
GIGAKJVThen shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor's goods. The owner of it shall accept of it, and he shall not make it good.
KJVAnd if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
GIGAKJVAnd if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
KJVIf it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
GIGAKJVIf it is torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
KJVAnd if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man borrow anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, its owner being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
KJVBut if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
GIGAKJVBut if its owner be with it, he shall not make it good: if it is a hired thing, it came for his hire.
KJVAnd if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
GIGAKJVAnd if a man entice a maid that is not engaged, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
KJVIf her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
GIGAKJVIf her father completely refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
KJVThou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
GIGAKJVYou shall not let a witch live.
KJVWhosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
GIGAKJVWhoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death.
KJVHe that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
GIGAKJVHe who sacrifices to any god, save to the Lord only, he shall be completely destroyed.
KJVThou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
GIGAKJVYou shall not mistreat a foreigner, or oppress him. For you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
KJVYe shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
GIGAKJVYou shall not mistreat any widow, or orphan.
KJVIf thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
GIGAKJVIf you make them suffer without fail, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry.
KJVAnd my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
GIGAKJVAnd my wrath shall burn, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives shall be widows, and your children orphans.
KJVIf thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
GIGAKJVIf you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as a moneylender, neither shall you lay on him interest.
KJVIf thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
GIGAKJVIf you at all take your neighbor's clothing to pledge, you shall deliver it to him by that the sun goes down:
KJVFor that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
GIGAKJVFor that is his covering only, it is his clothing for his skin: in which shall he sleep? And when he cries to me, that I will hear. For I am gracious.
KJVThou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
GIGAKJVYou shall not revile the gods, or curse the ruler of your people.
KJVThou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
GIGAKJVYou shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of your liquors: the firstborn of your sons shall you give to me.
KJVLikewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me.
GIGAKJVLikewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam. On the eighth day you shall give it to me.
KJVAnd ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall be holy men to me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
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