Scripture · Old Testament
Exodus 22:15
Exodus 22:15 is verse 15 of Exodus chapter 22, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
King James Version
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
World English Bible
If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
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Exodus 22:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
14 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
15 If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Zechariah 8:10For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.