Parallel Verses English Standard Version “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution. King James Bible If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. American Standard Version If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Douay-Rheims Bible If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss. English Revised Version If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Webster's Bible Translation If fire shall break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field shall be consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. Exodus 22:6 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentPassing from life to property, in connection with the foregoing, the life of the animal, the most important possession of the Israelites, is first of all secured against destruction through carelessness. If any one opened or dug a pit or cistern, and did not close it up again, and another man's ox or ass (mentioned, for the sake of example, as the most important animals among the live stock of the Israelites) fell in and was killed, the owner of the pit was to pay its full value, and the dead animal to belong to him. If an ox that was not known to be vicious gored another man's ox to death, the vicious animal was to be sold, and its money (what it fetched) to be divided; the dead animal was also to be divided, so that both parties bore an equal amount of damage. If, on the other hand, the ox had been known to be vicious before, and had not been kept in, carefully secured, by its possessor, he was to compensate the owner of the one that had been killed with the full value of an ox, but to receive the dead one instead. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge if fire break out. Mr. Harmer observes, that it is a common custom in the East to set the dry herbage on fire; which fires, from want of care, often produce great damage. Hence a law to guard against such evils was highly expedient. so that the stacks of corn he that kindled the fire Cross References Matthew 7:16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Exodus 22:5 "If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard. Exodus 22:7 "If a man gives to his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen from the man's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. Jump to Previous Break Breaks Bushes Catch Catches Causing Consumed Corn Cut Damage Destruction Edge Field Fire Flames Full Fully Good Grain Itself Kindled Restitution Shocks Spreads Standing Started Surely Therewith Thorn Thornbushes Thorns WholeJump to Next Break Breaks Bushes Catch Catches Causing Consumed Corn Cut Damage Destruction Edge Field Fire Flames Full Fully Good Grain Itself Kindled Restitution Shocks Spreads Standing Started Surely Therewith Thorn Thornbushes Thorns WholeLinks Exodus 22:6 NIVExodus 22:6 NLT Exodus 22:6 ESV Exodus 22:6 NASB Exodus 22:6 KJV Exodus 22:6 Bible Apps Exodus 22:6 Biblia Paralela Exodus 22:6 Chinese Bible Exodus 22:6 French Bible Exodus 22:6 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |