Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

New American Standard Bible

If it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces.

King James Version

If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

Holman Bible

If it was actually torn apart by a wild animal, he is to bring it as evidence; he does not have to make restitution for the torn carcass.

International Standard Version

If it was torn to pieces, let the neighbor bring the remains as evidence, and he is not to make restitution for what was torn apart.

A Conservative Version

If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

American Standard Version

If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness: he shall not make good that which was torn.

Amplified

If it is torn to pieces [by some predator or by accident], let him bring the mangled carcass as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what was torn to pieces.

Bible in Basic English

But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.

Darby Translation

If it have been torn in pieces, let him bring it as witness: he shall not make good what was torn.

Julia Smith Translation

If tearing in pieces, it shall be torn in pieces, he shall bring it a witness; the torn in pieces he shall not recompense.

King James 2000

If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

Lexham Expanded Bible

If indeed it was torn to pieces, he will bring it as evidence--the mangled carcass; he will not make restitution.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If it be torn with wild beasts, then let him bring record of the tearing: and he shall not make it good.

NET Bible

If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

New Heart English Bible

If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

The Emphasized Bible

If it be, verily torn in pieces, he shall bring it in as a witness - for that which was torn, he shall not make restitution.

Webster

If it shall be torn in pieces; then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

World English Bible

If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

Youngs Literal Translation

if it is certainly torn, he bringeth it in -- a witness; the torn thing he doth not repay.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
If it be torn in pieces
טרף 
Taraph 
Usage: 25


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

and he shall not make good
שׁלם 
Shalam 
Usage: 116

References

Context Readings

Laws About Personal Property

12 And if it is stolen from him, he shall fully repay the owner of it. 13 If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. 14 And if a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, and the owner of it not with it, he shall surely make it good.

Cross References

Ezekiel 4:14

Then I said, Ah Lord Jehovah! Behold, my soul has not been defiled. For from my youth up, even till now, I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither did there come any unclean flesh into my mouth.

Amos 3:12

So says Jehovah: As the shepherd takes two legs out of the mouth of the lion, or a piece of an ear; so shall the sons of Israel be taken out, those who dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus on a couch.

Micah 5:8

And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he goes through, both tramples and tears in pieces. And there is none to snatch back.

Nahum 2:12

The lion tears in pieces enough for his cubs, and strangles for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with torn prey.

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