Exodus 22:15

if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make [it] good; if it be a hired [thing], it came for its hire.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good;

16And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall certainly endow her, to be his wife.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:12Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

Zechariah 8:10For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; and there was no peace for him that went out or that came in, because of the distress: for I let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:8-16

7 If 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. 8 If 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. 9 For 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;… Read the whole commentary →

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