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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
WEB
If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
YLT
if its owner is with it, he doth not repay, --if it is a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.
DBT
if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make [it] good; if it be a hired [thing], it came for its hire.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus