Exodus 22:14

And if any one borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

13And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to witness the prey, and he shall not make compensation.

15But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a + 22:15 Qu. If the borrower be a hireling, he shall have the ruined beast instead of his hire? hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:11an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbor's deposit; and so his master shall + 22:11 Gr. accept him. hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the ordinance of the release: you shall remit every private debt which your neighbor owes you, and you shall not ask payment of it from your brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord your God.

Nehemiah 5:4And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged.

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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