Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house. New Living Translation But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house. English Standard Version but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house. Berean Standard Bible Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. King James Bible But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. New King James Version Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house. New American Standard Bible But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much; He must give up all the property of his house. NASB 1995 But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house. NASB 1977 But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house. Legacy Standard Bible But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house. Amplified Bible But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole]; He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine]. Christian Standard Bible Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much; he must give up all the wealth in his house. Holman Christian Standard Bible Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much; he must give up all the wealth in his house. American Standard Version But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if he is caught stealing, he pays each sevenfold, and he gives all the possessions of his house. Brenton Septuagint Translation but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods. Contemporary English Version And thieves who get caught must pay back seven times what was stolen and lose everything. Douay-Rheims Bible And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house. English Revised Version But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. GOD'S WORD® Translation but when he is caught, he has to repay it seven times. He must give up all the possessions in his house. Good News Translation yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more--he must give up everything he has. International Standard Version but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house. JPS Tanakh 1917 But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, He must give all the substance of his house. Literal Standard Version And being found he repays sevenfold, | He gives all the substance of his house. Majority Standard Bible Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. New American Bible Yet if caught they must pay back sevenfold, yield up all the wealth of their house. NET Bible Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house. New Revised Standard Version Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold; they will forfeit all the goods of their house. New Heart English Bible but if he is found, he must repay seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. Webster's Bible Translation But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. World English Bible but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. Young's Literal Translation And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery…30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. 31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. 32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.… Cross References Genesis 4:15 "Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him. Exodus 22:1 "If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. Psalm 79:12 Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord. Treasury of Scripture But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. if Exodus 22:1,3,4 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep… 2 Samuel 12:6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. Job 20:18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. he shall give Matthew 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. Jump to Previous Act Caught Costs Found Goods House Pay Property Repay Repayeth Restore Seven Sevenfold Seven-Fold Substance Times WealthJump to Next Act Caught Costs Found Goods House Pay Property Repay Repayeth Restore Seven Sevenfold Seven-Fold Substance Times WealthProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness (31) But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold.--Rather, And if he be found, he may restore sevenfold, he may give up all the wealth of his house. The law only required a two--or four--or fivefold compensation (Exodus 22); he may do even more. "Sevenfold" signifies full restitution. (Comp. Genesis 4:24 : Leviticus 26:28.)Verse 31. - But if he be taken, he shill restore sevenfold. Men do not despise the thief, but yet they apprehend him and insist on fullest restitution. Be found; i.e. seized (Delitzsch), or legally convicted (Gejerus). He shall restore; i.e. he must restore (Zockler). Delitzsch, however, understands the future, y'shalem, as potential, "he may restore." Sevenfold; Hebrew, siv'athayim; LXX., ἐπταπλάσια; Vulgate, septulum. On this word Geier remarks, "Haec vox nullibi in sacris ponitur pio numero definito;" i.e. "It is nowhere put in Scripture for a definite number." It is therefore to be understood indefinitely of complete restitution, or, as it is expressed in the second and parallel clauses, "all the substance of his house." The word is used in this sense in Genesis 4:24; Leviticus 26:28; Job 5:19 (Lapide). Theft under the Mosaic Law was punishable by a fivefold, fourfold, and twofold restitution (Exodus 22:1-4, 9), and, in the event of this not forthcoming, the delinquent was to be sold into slavery (Leviticus 25:89). In 2 Samuel 12:6 a fourfold restitution is mentioned, and in the New Testament Zacchaeus promises to restore fourfold if he could be convicted of fraud (Luke 19:8). In the attempts to reconcile the "sevenfold" of our passage with the requirements of the Mosaic Law, Aben Ezra says that the combined penalties for two cases of theft are contemplated, and others that in the time of the writer the penalties had been increased. But proof of this is wanting. Grotius's explanation is more curious than correct, viz. that if the theft be repeated seven times, and he be "taken" seven times, the thief should only be punished by being forced to make restitution with some addition. Both the Greek and Roman law demanded a twofold restitution. Selden maintains that theft would have been subjected to the usual punishment (Selden, 'De Jure Not. et Gent.,' 6, 100, 6). We may therefore come to the conclusion that "sevenfold" is used in the sense indicated above. As to any objection which may be raised on the seem of inconsistency in talking of a man malting restitution, and giving all his substance when he steals to satisfy his hunger, it may be remarked that he need not necessarily be without substance of some sort or other, and he could acquire subsequently sufficient to satisfy the demand. On the question whether a person is justified by extreme want in stealing, see Grotius, 'De Jure Belli et Pacis,' 2, 100, 2, § 6; Puffendorf, 'De Jure Not. et Gent,' 2, 100, 6, § 5; Blackstone, 'Commentary,' 4:2 § 4. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Yet if caught,וְ֭נִמְצָא (wə·nim·ṣā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present he must pay יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם (yə·šal·lêm) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate sevenfold; שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם (šiḇ·‘ā·ṯā·yim) Number - fd Strong's 7659: Sevenfold, seven times he must give up יִתֵּֽן׃ (yit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the wealth ה֖וֹן (hō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency of his house. בֵּית֣וֹ (bê·ṯōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house Links Proverbs 6:31 NIVProverbs 6:31 NLT Proverbs 6:31 ESV Proverbs 6:31 NASB Proverbs 6:31 KJV Proverbs 6:31 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:31 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:31 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:31 French Bible Proverbs 6:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:31 But if he is found he shall (Prov. 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