“ If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.

人若遇见贼挖窟窿，把贼打了，以至于死，就不能为他有流血的罪。

贼挖洞，若被发现而被打死，打的人没有流血的罪。

贼挖洞，若被发现而被打死，打的人没有流血的罪。

倘若有人打死正入屋偷窃的贼，这人不算犯杀人罪。

“窃贼挖窟窿入屋的时候，如果被人发现，把他打了，以致打死，打死人的就没有流人血的罪。（本节在《马索拉文本》为22:1）

人若遇見賊挖窟窿，把賊打了，以至於死，就不能為他有流血的罪。

賊挖洞，若被發現而被打死，打的人沒有流血的罪。

賊挖洞，若被發現而被打死，打的人沒有流血的罪。

倘若有人打死正入屋偷竊的賊，這人不算犯殺人罪。

“竊賊挖窟窿入屋的時候，如果被人發現，把他打了，以致打死，打死人的就沒有流人血的罪。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為22:1）

『賊挖窟窿、若給人發現、而被擊打，以致於死，那人是沒有流人血之罪的。

遇盜穿窬、擊斃之、不抵罪、

宵小穿窬、斃於人手、弗償其命。

人若遇盜穿窬、將盜擊死、不償其命、

“ If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;

“ Suppose you catch a thief breaking into your house at night. And suppose you hit the thief and the thief dies. Then you are not guilty of murder.

If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him,

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no guilt for bloodshed on his account.

If the thief is found breaking in, and he is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt for his bloodshed.

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die,[ there shall] no blood[ be shed] for him.

“ If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into.

and the avenger finds him outside the city and kills him, it will not be considered murder.

“ Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal.

“ I want to heal Israel, but its sins are too great. Samaria is filled with liars. Thieves are on the inside and bandits on the outside!

They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.

The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.

For you know quite well that the day of the Lord’s return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night.

They swarm over the city and run along its walls. They enter all the houses, climbing like thieves through the windows.