Exodus 22:4
ContextNETBible | If the stolen item should in fact be found 1 alive in his possession, 2 whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double. 3 |
XREF | Ex 21:16; Ex 22:1,7,9; Pr 6:31; Isa 40:2; Jer 16:18; Re 18:6 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn The construction uses a Niphal infinitive absolute and a Niphal imperfect: if it should indeed be found. Gesenius says that in such conditional clauses the infinitive absolute has less emphasis, but instead emphasizes the condition on which some consequence depends (see GKC 342-43 §113.o). 2 tn Heb “in his hand.” 3 sn He must pay back one for what he took, and then one for the penalty – his loss as he was inflicting a loss on someone else. |