Exodus 22:14

And when a man asks for [anything] from his neighbor, and it has been hurt or has died—its owner not being with it—he certainly repays;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

13if it is certainly torn, he brings it in [as] a witness; he does not repay the torn thing.

15if its owner [is] with it, he does not repay—if it [is] a hired thing, it has come for its hire.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11an oath of YHWH is between them both, that he has not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbor, and its owner has accepted, and he does not repay;

Deuteronomy 15:2and this [is] the matter of the release: every owner of a loan [is] to release his hand which he lifts up against his neighbor, he does not exact of his neighbor and of his brother, but has proclaimed a release to YHWH;

Nehemiah 5:4And there are [those] who are saying, “We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, [on] our fields, and our vineyards;

Matthew 5:42to him who is asking of you be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from you, you may not turn away.

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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